Thinkpads Forum

I purchased a 2nd hand T60, and formatted it, installed all the thinkpad updates, I let it update the bios, and after bios update, it just comes up with a password field after post?

it asked me for a password before i did the update in order to enter bios to set SATA compatability mode. But I just hit enter and it accepted that as the password? Now following bios update i'm left with a paperweight? I dont understand. Is there a default password, or was this password set by the previous owner?

The part i dont really understand, is why before the bios update the password would work by just pressing enter.

and after the update, it's something else? Different levels of passwords? I think i'm going to try to return the unit to the seller if you guys dont have any input.

If the seller can't provide the password return it. Probably stolen.

There are ways but they all require varying amounts of time, money, soldering, etc.

Ed Gibbs

I don't understand: you said it promped you for a password, then you typed enter. Then simply Disable all the passwords in the BIOS.

I believe he chose to run the BIOS update, with out removing the password, even though he was told multiple times to remove the password. He chose not to, after the update the old password would no longer work. OK Perhaps he believe that he had no password because all he did was press enter.

I dont remember the update telling me to remove the password. but thats possible? Does it actually change the password after update?