Not for the experimenter. Even experts only get about 65 percent right when working on used boards... and it takes a lot of wasted boards to become an expert. Much easier on new boards, but still, perfection is unattainable. We are not aware of any "service" which will guarantee the work.
________ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old. . . . . . . . . . Will Rogers On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Aryeh Goretsky (home) <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I tried doing a search for "password ThinkPad" on eBay and came back with > many results for replacement EEPROM chips such as the Atmel 24RF08 or > 24C01. > These are surface-mounted chips so replacing them requires a proper > electronics > reworking area (desoldering station, some kind of way to simulate reflow > soldering and so forth). > > Unless you or the electronics repair technician who is doing the work is > comfortable doing this type of board-level component repair, I would > suggest > either using a service where you ship them the motherboard or ThinkPad, or > consider buying a replacement replacement motherboard that has been tested > as good. > > I would think that working 600X motherboards would be fairly inexpensive > these days; the i1171 I am not so sure about. > > One thing to keep in mind is that specific discussion of password cracking > is not allowed on the list, see question #15 in the FAQ, or refer to > <http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2002-02/1095.html> or > <http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2002-02/1132.html> for > some examples (these refer to the hard disk drive password, but the issue > is the same). > > > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > > > At 10:00 AM 1/22/2009, you wrote: > >Message: 4 > >Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:25:53 +0100 > >From: [email protected] > >Subject: [Thinkpad] (no subject) > >To: "TP IBM LIST" <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >Look at: > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.de/Toshiba-BIOS-Passwort-Killer-Password-Entferner-Dongle_W0QQitemZ130283026900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZNotebook_Komponenten?hash=item130283026900&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 > > > >My question is: > > > >Are there any "pw dongles" available for our beloved old IBMs? > > > >600x and i1171 both have these "secret" and "almost-not-documented" > connectors > >on the bottom and I already wrote about the CMOS-battery-outage pain that > I am > >facing with 3 IBMs here, so: > > > >any constructive reaction appreciated! > > > >Best regards! > >-- > >NUR NOCH BIS 31.01.! GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL > >f?r nur 16,37 EURO/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
