[ltp] howto remove bootup password for thinkpad 380

dave linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:12:49 +1200


well then why does the manual say to jumper (short) pin 315 ????

any ideas why?

On Thursday 23 March 2006 08:36, 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....
>
> Ax
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