> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:08:16 -0700
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: kplug-list@kernel-panic.org
> Subject: "Embedded/pre-BIOS password" causing problems..how reset?
>
> Somehow my kids or someone caused our Thinkpad laptop to now ask for a
> password
> on a weird black screen everytime we reboot it.
>
> Without this password we can't get into the BIOS or do anything.
>
> The guy at the shop said there is nothing we can do about it. I'm wondering if
> lettting the battery run out will erase it.
>
> Anyone ever seen this?
>
It's a BIOS password. Most motherboards have a hardware reset on it, a jumper
you can connect. That ought to remove it.
Gabe
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