ThinkPad G40 supervisor password locked

[beshad]

Hi,

I came across an IBM ThinkPad G40 for sale on our local online marketplace. However, the listing says it is supervisor password locked. I’ve never owned a computer that’s BIOS-locked, so I’m wondering:

- Is this G40 worth buying and adding to my collection?
- Can it still function as a usable vintage laptop, or is it completely useless in this state?
- Is there any straightforward way to remove or bypass the supervisor password in the BIOS?

Thanks

[RealBlackStuff]

BIOS chip location here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210507123 ... et/g40.htm
How to remove the SVP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z0HdLqgR_I