[ltp] Bios password on 770X and battery

[Burkhard Woelfel]

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On Tuesday 20 January 2004 17:20, Frank Fiene wrote:
> I have two error codes before booting my 770X: 163 and 173 (time, date
> and configuration lost).
>
> Great, i think, the cmos battery is empty. The system cannot boot because
> i have to reconfigure the bios parameters. But there is a bios password!
>
> Can i delete this? The system is quiet old, so IMO it is to expensive to
> repair it.
>
> The other problem is with charging. I don't know, if the battery is the
> problem or the Thinkpad, but i cannot charge it. What can i do?

The bios battery is quite often sold on ebay. The problem could also simply=
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away as you use the computer regularly - I have seen this happening before.=
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Maybe the machine was out of use for a long time.

You - or the person who sold the Thinkpad to you - should know the password=
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The boot password can be disabled, but the Supervisor password can't.

If the person that provided the machine can't provide the password too, I=20
suspect there is something wrong going on.=20

Regards,=20
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>
> Regards, Frank.
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