[ltp] Problem with password and BIOS

[Simon Williams]

Guillermo Juárez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I friend of mine has a T60 with the following problem:
> 
> I configured a password inside the BIOS that has letters and comas.
> The BIOS software allowed me to configure it without warning me that I
> was doing something that later would cause troubles.
> 
> Later, when I wanted to enter the BIOS pressing F1, I couldn't type
> the comas.  There was a beep each time I was pressing the coma key.
> 
> The IBM support center told me that I have to change the mother board.
> But the main problem is that they don't want to believe that I
> configured inside the BIOS a supervisor password with comas.  They say
> that I have just forgotten it and therefore, they want to charge me
> the whole reparation which is very expensive.
> 
> Do you have an idea how to reset the BIOS password or how to be able
> to type comas when I am prompted for it?

I did a similar thing with my T23. It will only let you set a password 7 
characters long, but doesn't tell you if you try to enter one longer 
than that. It turns out that it had ignored the additional letters that 
I had typed.
Try entering the password without the commas.

Hope this helps
Simon