A31 Security Lockout

[ar]

I have a pair of A31's (2652-J3U) and when I replaced their ram with 2 sticks of Corsair Value Select PC-2700 (256MB) modules they completely locked down, asking for a bios password (which I have never set) at boot. Has anyone heard of or experienced this issue before? Is this something I would need to contact IBM support to unlock? Any assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

[egibbs]

After changing the amount of RAM you would need to go into BIOS then "Save and Exit" to accept the new configuration.

It will ask for a BIOS password even if none is set. You should be able to enter a blank password (just press Enter) and get in if there really is no password.

It may let you into BIOS but not save your changes if there IS a password set and you don't enter it. If that is the case you would need to clear the BIOS password - the instructions are in the Hardware Maintenance Manual.

Ed Gibbs