On 4/16/07, TekBudda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TekBudda wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was given an IBM ThinkPad A21e laptop completely free from one of > > the folks at work! A little beat up but no big deal. The > > problem...it is password locked for both the BIOS and to even boot it > > up. I know the BIOS password, but the other one I have no idea nor > > does the old owner. I have tried taking it apart to see if I can > > locate the CMOS battery but so far no dice! So I wondering if anyone > > with more experience servicing laptops has any ideas? > > > > If I can get it booted up I want to load K/Ubuntu on it, so I am a bit > > keen and eager to get it working. It looks like it has 144 MB of RAM > > a 10 GB HDD, a 14"screen, networking, modem, and a 700Mhz processor so > > it looks like it will be a half decent little unit...providing I can > > get past the dang passwords. > > > > I haven't been able to find much documentation on it, but I will > > continue searching. Anyone have any more ideas, I would be much > > appreciated? Please contact me off-list. > > > > Cameron
Did you look through the maintenance manual? There is a link to it here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:A21e ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/bp_thinkpad/06p8883.pdf Sections: How to remove the power-on password Good luck with that... I know there are some situations where you simply can not fully use a thinkpad after a password has been set (IIRC, it is the hard drive password, but I'm not sure what models.) -Mark _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
