I know it was stupid, but i did it anyway!

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Mad Max · #1 Post by **Mad Max** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:40 pm

I just picked up from Ebay an R50 1.4 Centrino machine for $32.00.
It was supposed to be dead, but it does power up, just no display. It had a password that I needed to get by. Since i have an R40 that had the same problem, I tried the same fix. Now i get an error message that the unit has been tampered with, and it shuts off. Is this the kiss of death for this machine? Again, I bought it for some parts, but it would be nice if it did actually work properly. Maybe it could be a media server or something. Any help here? It would be greatly appreciated as I am a noob here. I searched the site and found no previous posts on this topic. Thanks in advance.

Mad Max · #2 Post by **Mad Max** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:05 pm

Somebody? Anybody?

Brad · #3 Post by **Brad** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:12 pm

The only fix is replacing your motherboard.

Brad

Mad Max · #4 Post by **Mad Max** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:14 pm

I am back to the laptop asking only for a password. The tampering message is now gone. Any hopes once it is back to this stage?

#5 Post by **rkawakami** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:22 pm

Per forum rules, any public discussion about subverting supervisor passwords is not permitted on this site. Brad has already given the only advice that is allowed.

I know it was stupid, but i did it anyway!

I know it was stupid, but i did it anyway!

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