T40 doesn't boot

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Dex · #1 Post by **Dex** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:38 am

I have a T40 2373-7CU, it worked fine until someone tampered with it. Now when it boots, it comes with a cylinder & padlock symbol which seems to be some password lock. How can resolve this?

#2 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:23 pm

You have what appears to be the Power-On password set. Try to find out what the tamperer might have used for a password. AFAIK the password can only be 7 characters long.

pae77 · #3 Post by **pae77** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:33 pm

I have mine set to a 4 character password, so it can be shorter.

kyrotech · #4 Post by **kyrotech** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:42 pm

Dex wrote:I have a T40 2373-7CU, it worked fine until someone tampered with it. Now when it boots, it comes with a cylinder & padlock symbol which seems to be some password lock. How can resolve this?

bad news, if its the system password you need that or you wont be able to use the laptop again

. BTW, take out the hard drive and see if you still get the password prompt

#5 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:48 am

pae77 wrote:I have mine set to a 4 character password, so it can be shorter.

You are right. What I meant to say was the maximum password length is 7 characters. I must admit, I was not clear about this.

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