Please help: How to bypass the bios setup on T43

[tatuvaaj]

Hello!

I have a T43 computer that has a administrator password setup by our IT support (and I have no idea what it is...).

Computer also has a HDD password that I know.

I pressed the "Access IBM" key during the startup just to test it (ouch!) and after it asked and accepted the HDD password it naturally asked the BIOS password - at this point I just restarted the computer.

Well, now it just keeps asking me the BIOS setup password everytime I start the computer and I can't boot to Windows!

Does anyone know how to tell the stupid computer I really don't want to go to BIOS setup during the startup?

Thank you very much in advance!

[GomJabbar]

I have a T43 computer that has a administrator password setup by our IT support (and I have no idea what it is...).

Does anyone know how to tell the stupid computer I really don't want to go to BIOS setup during the startup?

Go to IT support and have them fix it. You can't do it unless you want to buy a new system board.

[tatuvaaj]

Thanks, I'll do that (it's night here in Finland and I really needed the computer before morning but what can you do...)

I wish someone will fix this in the upcoming BIOS versions: just let the user to press ESC to continue to boot when waiting for BIOS setup password (sigh)...

[tfflivemb2]

I'm sure that this is a security feature, so that if the laptop is stolen and someone tries to modify the laptop, it will lock them out, causing them to replace the motherboard.

[pipspeak]

Those passwords are indeed security features and cannot be by passed without replacing the motherboard.

I once sold a Thinkpad and forgot to disable the bios password. Needless to say, the buyer wasn't too happy when he called a few days later because I didn't tell him about it!