The pads are power on password. The easy way is just take off the screen and
swap them. Keep the entire lower section.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Berry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 11:09 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] 600E Replacing system board question
I have a 600E which had an admin password set and the owner
doesn't know the password. So I am in the process of
transplanting a motherboard from a parts machine.
I have taken both machines down to the system board in the
lower chassis. The Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM)
clearly shows that you can remove the system board from the
chassis. The picture shows the system board coming out of
the chassis with none of the backplane connectors (power,
parallel, mouse, video, docking station...) attached to it.
But they *are* attached to the system board, and that is a
Good Thing.
So I'm wondering if I should just leave the system board
in its chassis. I tried a little gentle force, but I'm
leery of bending and ruining the good board. Luckily the lower
chassis of the parts machine isn't too bad, so it wouldn't
cause disappointment by the owner.
Or is there a trick I'm missing?
Another thing. In the HMM, on page 100, there's Password Pads,
on the system board underneath, between the RAM slots,
with a pic of tweezers, one end in each pad. I assume this is
to clear a user password, not the admin password?
Thanks!
--
happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
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