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

[madodel]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 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.

Mark