[Thinkpad] Does anyone know how to reset the BIOS password on aT21?

[Pretty Good Computer Services]

Have you actually installed and used this inverter from Digikey?

We have found them to be much less than satisfactory, lasting only months,
and introducing sad screen effects of their own... imbalance from left to
right and top to bottom, fading, and other artifacts.

So please tell us more, by model number.

RayBay



On 03 Aug 2007 19:38:33 -0500, Haudy Kazemi <kaze0010 at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> On Aug 3 2007, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>
> > It's old news. Just return that board and buy a good one. They should be
> > available for under $50. The LCD is the problem on the T2X series, they
> > look like crap after a while.
>
> What? the pink screen effect? That can be fixed by replacing the
> fluorescent backlighting tube (CCFL), available for less than $30 from
> Digikey.
>
> Related articles on replacing CCFLs:
> http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/shorts/lcdfix.aspx
> http://laptops.home.att.net/lcd-repair.htm
> http://laptops.home.att.net/images/red-tint-lcd.jpg
> http://www.lcd-backlight-ccfl.com/
> http://laptops.home.att.net/lcd-lable.htm
> http://laptops.home.att.net/lcdcross.htm
> http://www.lcdrepair.net/backlightpurchase.html
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Toliver" <john.toliver at gmail.com>
> >To: <thinkpad at stderr.org>
> >Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:36 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Does anyone know how to reset the BIOS password
> on
> >aT21?
> >
> >
> >> You won't believe this.  He finds this link......
> >>
> >> http://sodoityourself.com/hacking-ibm-thinkpad-bios-password
>
> http://www.allservice.ro/
> http://home.ripway.com/2005-7/365678/index.htm
> Download programming tools. CRC error recovery assistance.
> http://www.allservice.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61
>
> I think the Allservice.ro site has info on fixing a locked BIOS and/or
> hard
> drive. IIRC, some of the techniques required either building some special
> I/O adapter or soldering wire leads to the BIOS chip or I think
> interfacing
> through the serial port.
>
> There is also http://www.ja.axxs.net/unlock/
> http://www.ja.axxs.net/unlock/key_for_t20.htm I believe it used to have
> all
> the recovery info freely available and later they put it behind a pay
> first
> wall.
>
> You might be able to find more info on the thinkpads.com forums, as I
> think
> I recall discussions there or on Allservice.ro that IBM's stance was a
> certain forgotten password would require a motherboard replacement, but in
> truth, one of these password reset techniques could be used to salvage
> otherwise fine hardware.
>
> >There is a shorting technique for passwords programmed into an eeprom,
> that
> >might work, but it also wipes out the ability to use the Thinkpad
> recovery
> >discs.
>
> Probably because it corrupts the EEPROM enough to bypass the password, but
> also makes the recovery CD not recognize the machine correctly.
>
>
> >RayBay
> >
> >On 8/3/07, John Toliver <john.toliver at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Friend of mine just handed me a T21 he replaced the M-board on. He
> >> bought board off eBay and no mention BIOS password. He reassembles it
> >> and now he is locked out. Does a method exist to reset the password or
> >> disable it? _______________________________________________ Thinkpad
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