One more thing... If you change the eeprom with a new one, which has no password, you change the serial number, etc....all vital data of the motherboard. Even more: on a system which has hard disk password activated, there are chances that the hard disk password and the BIOS password are the same. Not necessarily, but it is more logical: if you input the bios password and it matches the hdd password, the laptop doesn't ask for the hdd password too, only in a foreign laptop. If you clear the password, you can throw away the hdd, there are some ways to recover the hdd password BUT the price for this recovery exceeds the price of the hdd itself. So the best way for recovery is to read the eeprom and find the password from it. It is a very difficult job. Unfortunately i am located in Romania and shipping would cost too much, otherwise i done a few recoveries already.
Best regards, Janos --- On Fri, 1/23/09, RayBay <[email protected]> wrote: > From: RayBay <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Password reset hardware for ThinkPads (was: Re: (no > subject)) > To: "Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 2:25 PM > 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 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
