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dareys
Guest
Greetings,
In an attempt to minimize suspected hacking on my box, I configured security
and
password protected the BIOS. I disabled a number of functions such as the
network card, all network functions and password protected all boot devices
and box itself.
In spite of having the passwords simple initially and oh my, written them
down. Yep. My BIOS is now inaccessible. I wrote my initial question a while
back and got the some good feedback.
The recommendations were;
A) Sometimes simply resetting the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery for
about 15 minutes (remove AC power cord first) will do the job.
Turn the computer on Without the Battery . This should Kill the password
.. Turn computer off. Reinstall the Battery.
C) If Windows boots:
1.) Open a Cmd Prompt Window
2.) Invoke Debug
-o 70 2e
-o 71 ff
-q
o denotes letter o for octal address, not numeral Zero
In most cases this will mimic the action of moving the BIOS reset
jumper without having to open the PC case.
Windows still booted so I tried A)
, or removing the CMOS battery. C)
sounded risky. Now the machine no longer boots in Windows mode and I get a
message indicating that the machine has been tampered with at boot time.
.... And to boot, I still get prompted for a password... All the hardware
documentation I have, indicates that in this case the mother board has to be
replaced. Can anybody corroborate that? It is an Lenovo ThinkPad T60P.
I would appreciate any help you can afford me.
Thank you.
Jean-Pierre
In an attempt to minimize suspected hacking on my box, I configured security
and
password protected the BIOS. I disabled a number of functions such as the
network card, all network functions and password protected all boot devices
and box itself.
In spite of having the passwords simple initially and oh my, written them
down. Yep. My BIOS is now inaccessible. I wrote my initial question a while
back and got the some good feedback.
The recommendations were;
A) Sometimes simply resetting the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery for
about 15 minutes (remove AC power cord first) will do the job.
.. Turn computer off. Reinstall the Battery.
C) If Windows boots:
1.) Open a Cmd Prompt Window
2.) Invoke Debug
-o 70 2e
-o 71 ff
-q
o denotes letter o for octal address, not numeral Zero
In most cases this will mimic the action of moving the BIOS reset
jumper without having to open the PC case.
Windows still booted so I tried A)
sounded risky. Now the machine no longer boots in Windows mode and I get a
message indicating that the machine has been tampered with at boot time.
.... And to boot, I still get prompted for a password... All the hardware
documentation I have, indicates that in this case the mother board has to be
replaced. Can anybody corroborate that? It is an Lenovo ThinkPad T60P.
I would appreciate any help you can afford me.
Thank you.
Jean-Pierre