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Reset power on password Thinkpad X230 2016-09-13 07:20:40 Post No. 56578227
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Hello /g entleman
My old father give me his thinkpad, ( an X230) it look very good, but he doesn't remember the power-on password. we spend 1 hours trying many password write on paper but it doesn't work.
Please, this laptop look great and It is that of my father.
How can i reset the power on password and enjoy Debian or more Linux distribution on it?
Thanks
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>>56578227
give it back, tyrone
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Remove laptop's then CMOS battery from the innards and hold down power button for 3-4 minutes, voilà the BIOS is back to default settings and the password is gone as if it never was set.
>that feel when reinforcing the stereotype of tech support Indian.
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>>56578281
*remove laptop's battery then CMOS battery from innards
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>>56578291
Well i have try , but it doesen't work :(
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>>56578281
I think Thinkpads have a writable area in the chip that doesn't need power from a battery.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZjUPUYE7s
try this, it's for the x220 but the x230 is very similar
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>>56578389
Yep, pretty sure you need specialised equipment to take out the passwords.
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>>56578400
i am going to try this
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Pajeet af
>tfw tech support can't use hardware bypass
>tfw skiddy boot disc doesn't work
>tfw you can short the mobo to reset the pass
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>>56578419
It's just not possible as it's meant to be a security feature. These laptops were designed for business security in mind.
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Give it back tyrone you need expensive equipment to get rid of that password
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Right with this, I have an old thinkpad with a supervisor password locked on it, I research on how to remove and it is not as simple as you think, yopu can actually buy or build a peice of hardware so that you can connect to two pins i think 7 and 8 and earth pin 1, then with this hardware you can connect to a computer whichb has a serial port only so you can edit the eeprom chip containing the supervisor password, this chip cannot be reset using all this trickery with batterys and shit.
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>>56581413
Also the chips are well hidden in a bitch of a place to get to meaning take apart the whole laptop :D
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>>56581413
>>56581430
Little research didnt read it its in german but its your thinkpad and the chip you need to play with
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>>56581430
>:D
Don't do this.
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>>56581458
https://burningsquirrel.net/reset-thinkpad-x230-supervisor-passwort/
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>>56578419
I had a T22 given to me and to remove the password I had to read the contents of a chip with a homemade Serial port reader and a decoder for the password. Had to take apart almost all of the computer but it was a hell of a fun for me.
>Inb4 "Give it back Tyrone"
>It was legit given to me by the owner as she didn't used it anymore because old model
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