Any ideas on how to clear a BIOS password on a Thinkpad 701C?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

madodel wrote:
>>> I have another 701c that I am now working on getting running.  It was 
>>> working but now all I get is a couple beeps and then it asks for a 
>>> floppy.  Its such a nifty looking little machine.  Its a shame its 
>>> all plastic.
>>
>> Couple of beeps followed by floppy-prompt is IBMese for "no bootable 
>> device found".
>>
>> Sounds like there either isn't a proper boot sector on the hard drive, 
>> or the hard drive is dead.
> 
> That was my guess, but both drives I have had worked earlier in the day 
> in the same machine.  But the caddies they are in are plastic and maybe 
> are warped or maybe the IDE connector inside the machine has a bent pin, 
> but I can't see anything obvious.

Could be a misconfigured BIOS.  Try running the SPSD.

Peace...  Sridhar