BIOS password

[iwannadie]

So, I posted a while back about a laptop password protecting. Turns out its a bit more than just an xp password. The bios is secured and wont let it boot off anything beyond the internal HD(which wont let us login to). All the boot options are locked out, cant format the disk or anything beyond looking at the bios.

I figured, open the case pull the internal battery to loose the bios settings, didnt work. I looked further and it seems theres a bios chip that holds the settings without power because theres no soldered battery.

Ive seen suggestion of putting the mobo in the freezer for a while to clear the bios chip. Anyone know anything else to try?

Its an imb thinkpad t60 or something.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

Sounds like the same shit that my school uses on our IMB t series laptops. I know not how to do get around that.

 

[drunk_medic]

Generally on regular computer mobos, it isn't just removing the BIOS "coin" battery; there is usually a BIOS jumper as well. Generally it is 3 pins with one jumper. Remove the coin battery, and you move the jumper from one pair of the 3 pins to the other pair.. [so if the jumper is on pins 1 and 2, you move the jumper to pins 2 and 3]. Then you power the machine on and this usually clears the PW. If it does not, turn it off, re-set the jumper to the original position, replace the battery and try again. This method has worked for me, but only on full PCs; never tried a laptop.

 

[iwannadie]

I looked for jumpers but didnt see any either, could have been blind or just didnt know where to look well enough. Might have to look again if I get my hands back on it.