Power on password removable?

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ganon11000 · #1 Post by **ganon11000** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:42 am

I'm thinking of getting:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231133628399? ... 1438.l2649 or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331104362011? ... 1438.l2649
But was wondering how to remove the PoP? Lenovo's website said remove all the batteries and it clears but I want to confirm this works on a X61 / T61?

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:37 am

If they are POP, then yes, removing the CMOS battery for a short time will remove them.
But I doubt very much that they are POP, I bet they are Supervisor Passwords.
When/if you buy one/both, before you remove the CMOS, when that lock shows: check if the Esc key lets you into BIOS to at least look around at the Security settings.
Report back before you do anything.
FYI, have a look at my website...

As to that eBayer, his info is poor/wrong, neither of the TYPEs exists!

ganon11000 · #3 Post by **ganon11000** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:44 am

RealBlackStuff wrote:But I doubt very much that they are POP, I bet they are Supervisor Passwords.

I thought the icon shown in the pictures was POP?

#4 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:08 pm

POP and SVP use the same icon, except on some old(er) Thinkpads.

ganon11000 · #5 Post by **ganon11000** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:55 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:POP and SVP use the same icon, except on some old(er) Thinkpads.

ok. I ended up buying this one as it was very cheap and I have a 3000 C200 with a broken screen which might be mix and match-able. If you have any ideas on what is wrong with it do tell me

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-3000-N ... 7675.l2557

#6 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:53 pm

Remove HD/CD/wifi/modem, whatever is there, then try to boot into BIOS.
I have one of those as well (but with a matte screen), no problems there at all.

ganon11000 · #7 Post by **ganon11000** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:13 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:Remove HD/CD/wifi/modem, whatever is there, then try to boot into BIOS.
I have one of those as well (but with a matte screen), no problems there at all.

If you were interested it is now fully working. The dvd drive bracket (the thing that screws onto the end of the drive where the case screw goes - does that make sense? :p ) was bent making the drive stick out and have a loose conection, took the one out of my dead 3000 C200 and all is good there. I believe the ram was bad and I've managed to get 3GB in there

The only mystery is the webcam driver (Vista X64) and how to get the fingerprint software to work for logging into windows.

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