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11-Apr-2007, 10:50 PM #1
Cool help Cmos password trouble
bought my husband a laptop IBM Notebook he set his CMOS password and forgot it Iss there any way to reset the password. Any help would be appreciated
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12-Apr-2007, 09:39 AM #2
Nope. Laptop BIOS passwords are NOT stored in battery backed memory as a theft prevention measure. You'll have to contact Lenovo (they bought IBM's laptop business) and ask them for a solution. Last time I checked, they were replacing the motherboard at some ridiculous price as a solution.
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12-Apr-2007, 12:35 PM #3
http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/BIOS_hack.htm

Might try here but most likely you will have to contact IBM for their back door password.
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This is a laptop, it's easy to get around desktop BIOS passwords.
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next time i suggest he writes down the password and files it somwhere. i do that with all my passwords and keep them in a blue folder
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