Lock icon on an IBM Thinkpad

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:09 am

Question as I never seen this before. One of the gals here at work brought me her laptop that she has not used in a couple of years. She wanted a fresh format. Upon booting up the laptop, all it displays is a lock icon. I tried to press the IBM access button, but it always goes to the lock icon. I'm assuming it's asking for a password. The gal does not know of any password. Is there a way around this?

Shadow250 · Post by **Shadow250** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:26 am

if theres no password maybe just hitting enter would work? pressing f10 after turning it on should get you into the bios on most models there you could disable the password. on a further note some thinkpads have a security chip that has to be read externally if the password stored in it is forgotten. i know the t series and the a series have them for sure.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:34 am

We have IBM lapops at work. The bios is locked and I have hunted for a way around it, but have come up with nothing. Supposedly, only IBM can unlock it ???

Shadow250 · Post by **Shadow250** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:43 am

it can be unlocked with these instructions: http://sodoityourself.com/hacking-ibm-t ... -password/

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:21 pm

Shadow250 wrote:it can be unlocked with these instructions: http://sodoityourself.com/hacking-ibm-t ... -password/

wow, that's good, but way more effort than I'm willing to expel.

mile

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:23 pm

Your only other choice is sending it to IBM or a company that unlocks them, but it would be cheaper to buy a new lappy.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:59 pm

Since we have these brands here at work, the gal talked to one of the techs to fix it by unlocking it. We will see. Thanks for the info.