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

[Doc Shipley]

madodel wrote:
> 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.

   This is probably peripherally helpful, at best, but an SGI Indigo2 
has the same setup to clear the password.  You short two solder pads on 
the system board.  IIRC, with the Indigo2, it had to be done powered up.

   I just remember that the whole process made me nervous as hell.  :\


	Doc