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cmarksmith · #1 Post by **cmarksmith** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:16 pm

Can anyone help. I have just bought an old 600e which had no hard drive. The screen is only showing coloured columns but an external monitor works OK. I have installed a 20Gb hard disk but can not get past the opening Thinkpad screen. The display immediately goes to a blank, dark screen with a small white lock in the top left corner. I would welcome any suggestions please.
Kind regards, Mark

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:43 pm

Brew some tea and get some butter and jam.

That Thinkpad has a Supervisor Password set and it's toast!

Regards,

James

SeanM · #3 Post by **SeanM** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:47 pm

What's the little picture next to the lock?

wa8yxm · #4 Post by **wa8yxm** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:06 pm

I will have to look at the picture next time I boot I have a password on this box.

However... I do know this. It is possible to clear the password without typing it, I know this cause... Well... I've done it, many times in fact

I did it by improperly docking the computer

Alas, I don't know just exactly HOW I did it

But I did it

If I can do it, accidently, then I'd guess someone can do it on purpose but I haven't a clue as to how

You might try asking the seller for the PW

wa8yxm · #5 Post by **wa8yxm** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:42 am

Well, upon power on this AM I viewed that icon, It looks a bit like a Macintosh or an IBM PC-Junior

It's a standard representation for "Computer" so the icons together say
"Computer is Locked"

Gee. Did not know I was going to have to study Hyroglyphrics when I took up computers Did you? (Somehow I feel ready to go on a "Dig")

Rob Mayercik · #6 Post by **Rob Mayercik** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:00 am

JHEM wrote:Brew some tea and get some butter and jam.

That Thinkpad has a Supervisor Password set and it's toast!

Regards,

James

This may be a dumb question, but this other thread ( http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=9996 ) links to a HW manual for the 600X, and it mentions something called "password pads", and shows a pair of metal tweezers shorting the two together. Would this be of any help to Wa8yxm?

(edit) Never mind, it also says that this will only clear a power-on password.

cmarksmith · #7 Post by **cmarksmith** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:57 pm

Thanks for your advice. I have managed to get in touch with the last owner and (no I couldn't believe it either) she remembered the password! I have successfully unlocked the laptop.
I now just have to try and get the thinkpad screen working. Kind regards, Mark

SeanM · #8 Post by **SeanM** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:58 pm

Take the hard drive out of the machine, and try to boot into the bios.

When you are prompted for the password, press enter a few times. If it doesn't let you into the bios, you have a power on password. If it does let you into the bios, you have a supervisor password.

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