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I have an OLD iseries 2611-452 laptop that has worked fine for the last 4-5 years. I only use it to connect to cars to reprogram some modules in the car. The last few months it has given me the error message on start-up about the time & date. I could always bypass it by hitting enter, but today I decided to replace the internal battery. Now that it has a new battery, it is asking for a power on password.

Now I know that password bypassing discussion is not allowed in the forums. But, I have the instructions how to disable it right from the HMM. Its a simple procedure that involves flipping a switch on the MB. The only issue is that the HMM does not have a diagram of the MB that shows the location of these switches.

I did find one switch under a ribbon cable on the lower right side of the board, but it's not the correct switch. The one I need is a set of 4 switches and the one I found is just a set of 2 switches. If anyone has any info as to where to locate these switches, it would be greatly appreciated. According to the HMM, the switch is named SW3.

For reference, the HMM can be viewed here: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc ... 7l5192.pdf

The instructions to disable the pop are on page 109 and the location of the switches is supposed to be on page 180, but there is no illustration.

Thanks

Nevermind. I found the switch. It was under the hard drive. Password has been reset following the instructions in the HMM.