ron minnich wrote: > I have a lenovo x300 somebody set the password on and ... as you > guess, forgot. > > So, question: anyone have any idea how deep into the machine the > password is kept no new machines? Deep in TPM? > > in other words, were flashrom to work on this box, can the password > be reset?
flashrom likely isn't enough. :\ ThinkPads at least used to have a special "high security" EEPROM, plus they've had fairly much more sophisticated ECs compared to other laptop designs, for a long time. I'm sure it's possible to reset that password, but I don't know where, and I'm pretty sure it's somewhere unusual. If you want to dive into the ThinkPad world of ECs, there was a lot of good work done on the T43 - although that one is old by now, maybe it can still be helpful: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20958 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Embedded_Controller_Firmware It may be quickest to just order a new system board for the laptop off eBay. //Peter -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
