[ltp] howto remove bootup password for thinkpad 380

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:22:06 -0500


Axel Braun wrote:
> Hallo dave ,
> 
> ** Reply to message from dave <bossman@slingshot.co.nz> on Wed, 22 Mar 2006
> 20:58:49 +1200
> 
>> Hi got a manual of the net that says to remove the dimm cover on the back of 
>> the laptop, Remove teh memory chip and to short the pin 315 (this is found on 
>> page 40 of vol4hmm.pdf which is the hardware maintence manual version 4.
> 
> For most Thinkpads you can remove the power-on password by adding an additional
> blank after the password. Dont know if this also works for this model....

When you say "blank", do you mean space?