[ltp] howto remove bootup password for thinkpad 380

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Thursday 23 March 2006 20:12, dave wrote:
> well then why does the manual say to jumper (short) pin 315 ????
>
> any ideas why?
Mis-communication between design engineer, documentation writer, and 
customer support. Top quality 'Net-wisdom is usually much better than 
written documentation.

> 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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