Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:06:53 -0400 From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS Password recovery, dongle?
If I recall correctly, you need a special 3.5" formatted disk, on the newer Librettos, the Parallel port dongle doesn't work on the Newer Toshibas. And no I don't have a copy, but it was all over the web, about a year or so ago. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "�TechnoDragon�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: RE: [LIB] BIOS Password recovery, dongle? > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:57:36 -0400 > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=B7TechnoDragon=B7?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] BIOS Password recovery, dongle? > > >>I bought a used 100CT off eBay, but it has a BIOS password set. > >> > >>I'm going to build a dongle, but does anyone know if it works > >>on 100CT's? > > > >If I'm not mistaken it works the same way ... plug in a docking bar then > >plug in the dongle. > > > >You might find it faster to just pull the system and BIOS batteries and > >leave it to sit overnight though ... > > I don't know if that'll work though. Many systems made these days store > all info in an eeprom. Take out the battery, and all that the system will > forget by the morning is the internal time. Password will be intact. > I have no idea if pullign the battery will work for the libretto though. > I had several laptops that were locked up. I had to borrow a friend's SMT rig > and pull the eeprom ships and solder in blank ones to reset the password. > But if it requires a dongle to reset the password, odds are it's an > eeprom thing, pulling the cmos battery will do no good but waste time and spin > the wheels. Best go for the dongle approach. > > _____ _____ _____ __ __ __ __ _____ _______________ > THE /_ _// ___// ___// // // |/ // _ //______________/ > / / / _/_ / /__ / _ // // // /_______________ > /_/ /____//____//_//_//_/\_//____//______________/ > _______________ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____ __ __ > /______________// _ \ / _ \ / \ / ___// _ // |/ / > _______________ / // // //_// /\ // /_ // // // / > /______________//____//_/\_\/_//_//____//____//_/\_/ > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
