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[dash]

hi

i have a t23 Thinkpad and some problems with it.
When u Switch it on, there comes the menu to choose between F1 for Bios Settings and F12 for Boot devices.
When i press F1 the notebook trys to start Bios and then, there is a password symbol, what means that i have to enter a Power on Password.
( The littel PC symbol with the lock )
But i`v never set a password for this.
I Tryed to take out the Battery, and i also put out the Cmos Battery for more than 4 hours.... but no change... after reboot there is the same problem.
Then i Tryed to read the password out with the Atmel Reader, an i soldert the wires onto the pins of the IC.
I dumped it with another notebook, but in line 330 there is only a "0"...

What can i do to remove the password, i have no idea anymore.
Maybe someone here can help me..


Maybe i did something wrong while reading out the eeprom..
but the tool showed me, that it read out 1024bytes, and saved it into the install directory..
When i look at the file in imbpass2.1 there is something written in line 330, but in Dezimal there is only a "0".
Maybe i have to look in another line?


best regards
dash

[bob]

Hello,

Wehn you removed the CMOS battery the POP was gone. So that would be the supervisor password not the POP.

We need to see the dump, support@

[dash]

do you have a email adress for me, where i can send the file to?
But the symbol seems to be the symbol for the POP?

greetz dash

[victor]

Hi,

POP and SVP share the same logo/icon. We saw the dump, all is fine. click the AA button in IBMpass (uper left) to activate scancode reading.

Great.
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Victor Voinea
ALLservice HQ, Romania.

[dash]

hey guys, it works!!!!!
Thanks a lot, i forgot to press The on off Button,,, that was the fault.
Thanks a lot for your help, an your realy good work!!
Keep on rocking.

Greetz Dash