The site listed below contains information regarding ThinkPad passwords
and provides links to detailed IBM documentation explaining how to
remove a Power-on Password from specific ThinkPad Models.

http://www.nortek.on.ca/nortek/

After removing a Power-on password, your computer may display error
codes 161 (dead battery) and 163 (date and time are not set; clock not
updated). These errors will appear because your date and time settings
have been set to the computer's default and must be reset to the
original. You can change them by entering the BIOS at startup (press
and hold F1 when turning on the computer).

Please note that servicing any hardware components may void any or all
manufacturer warranties.

If you have attempted to clear a Power-on password and you are still
prompted with a password at start-up or upon entering the BIOS
settings, you most likely have a Supervisor password set.

If the supervisor password is unknown, there is no way, as a user, you
can remove it.  When this password is set, the Hard Disk password is
also automatically set.  User access to both the BIOS settings and the
HDD data, without the password, is impossible.  However, proprietary
software and hardware has been developed to remove ThinkPad passwords
with the option of full HDD data recovery, without having to replace
any hardware components.   Click the link below for full password
removal details.

http://www.nortek.on.ca/nortek/

Email us if you have any inquiries.

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Marty Wanner
Nortek Computers Ltd.
Customer Service/Technical Support



In article <[log in to unmask]>,
  Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One of our more knowledgeable users has had someone set a power-on
password
> on his IBM ThinkPad notebook.  He says it wasn't him (and I believe
him for
> several reasons).  The manual says that if you forget your password
you have
> to take it to an authorized service rep.  Out here in the sticks, we
don't
> have any of those.  Does anyone know how to reset the password?  I
assume it
> is similar to resetting on a desktop unit where you apply a jumper to
a
> certain connector and that erases the EPROM/CMOS memory; but I don't
know
> where to strart on this IBM unit.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
> Phone: (330) 527-2124                   P. O. Box 285
>   Fax: (330) 527-2123                   10513 Freedom Street
>   Web: http://www.tolwire.com  Garrettsville, Ohio  44231
>
>


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