Even this age of laptop are fairly locked down.... ie. have to replace the chip if you don't know it.
If you know the BIOS password you should be able to get the thing to boot from CD or external drive. I'm guessing the other is the password for the harddrive (which I believe is easier to crack). Simon. On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:32:02 -0600 TekBudda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TekBudda wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was given an IBM ThinkPad A21e laptop completely free from one of > > the folks at work! A little beat up but no big deal. The > > problem...it is password locked for both the BIOS and to even boot it > > up. I know the BIOS password, but the other one I have no idea nor > > does the old owner. I have tried taking it apart to see if I can > > locate the CMOS battery but so far no dice! So I wondering if anyone > > with more experience servicing laptops has any ideas? > > > > If I can get it booted up I want to load K/Ubuntu on it, so I am a bit > > keen and eager to get it working. It looks like it has 144 MB of RAM > > a 10 GB HDD, a 14"screen, networking, modem, and a 700Mhz processor so > > it looks like it will be a half decent little unit...providing I can > > get past the dang passwords. > > > > I haven't been able to find much documentation on it, but I will > > continue searching. Anyone have any more ideas, I would be much > > appreciated? Please contact me off-list. > > > > Cameron > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
