BIOS Password locked out after disabling it?

[db2boy]

Hi all,
I was about to run the recovery CDs on my personal T60p (2008-93G) ready to sell the machine as I have a W500 now. I had Power on and HDD password set so I went in to the BIOS to change it. I logged into the BIOS as usual with the password, disabled the power on password (PWD, enter, enter) saved settings (F10). Machine restarted and I still get the power on icon but now the password I previously used to login doesn't work

I now cannot get into the BIOS or boot this machine! I am an IBMer and our help desk said that it would need a motherboard replacement! Really? How can it be that I managed to get to the BIOS with the password I always use, disable it and now cant get back in at all?

Any thoughts please?

Thanks

Ant

(P.S. I appreciate this is likely a sensitive subject, if anyone can help or advise I will happily provide you my IBM email via PM if that in any way helps validate this request)

[RealBlackStuff]

See: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-59377

[db2boy]

See: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-59377

Many thanks, I was literally about to reply to say I tried pulling the CMOS battery and that seems to have got it

Rgds

Ant