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

madodel madodel at ptdprolog.net
Mon Jul 21 17:28:38 CDT 2008


I'm trying to get a TP 701c I bought off of eBay working to install OS/2 
Warp on.  But it has a password set in the BIOS.  According to the service 
manual ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/tpvol2.pdf there are 
two Power-On Password Bypass Pads on the bottom of the lower system board, 
but no instructions on what to do with them.  Do I need to short them out? 
  If so how?  Someone else suggested desoldering the backup battery, but if 
I can just short two pads, that would be preferred.  Right now its 
completely disassembled.  I have two other 701c machines, but they each 
have their own problems.  Worse case if I can't clear the password I can 
try to take the display off this one and put it on the 701c that has a 
display problem.

Mark


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