Brand New T440s with BIOS password

[oGu]

Hello

I have a big problem.

I purchased online a T440s brand new. I opened the box for the first time myself. When I enter BIOS it asks for password and I just hit enter without entering any password. I can enter the BIOS but i can not change any settings.

What can I do? Can a brand new thinkpad come with a BIOS password out the box?

I get conflicting information regarding the type of password. First image says it's power on which can be removed but bios says its supervisor.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/attachm ... 655482.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vGuDpPP.jpg

[RealBlackStuff]

Return it for a refund, or another one without password.

PS: we do not discuss password removals on this forum.

[brchan]

It looks like a supervisor password is set. If you search online, it should be fairly trivial to remove. That way, you don't have to waste time sending the unit back and waiting for another one.

[sktn77a]

Looks like the supervisor password is set. It is NOT trivial to remove this on a T430/T440. If it was sold as new, send it back and get it replaced - it was not new.