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Thread ID: 56562 2005-04-08 15:18:00 IBM Thinkpad 390 Bios Password recovery/hack libbyr (7835) Press F1
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342912 2005-04-08 15:18:00 I recently purchased a used IBM Thinkpad 390 laptop that has its bios protected by a password. Any suggestions how to recover it? libbyr (7835)
342913 2005-04-08 20:34:00 A Google search (www.google.co.nz) comes up with plenty of help. Greg (193)
342914 2005-04-08 20:55:00 Yeah I went through 4 pages of google and yahoo and nothing works.. libbyr (7835)
342915 2005-04-08 21:25:00 Ask the people you bought it form. How do we know its not hot? pctek (84)
342916 2005-04-08 21:26:00 Can you supply:
# 4 character Machine Type
# 3 character Model (390?)

Have you tried:
Press both mouse buttons repeatedly during the boot
Greg (193)
342917 2005-04-09 03:37:00 A lot of laptops don't have any easy way to zap BIOS passwords. That's because the second-biggest computer business is in stolen laptops. ;) Graham L (2)
342918 2005-04-10 00:22:00 do a search on google should get a result on IBM.
with many (if not all) models it needs a service to be done. a hack is what civilian pple call it, it means a some chip or such that needs to be soldered (if I recall).

Go to ebay.com and do a narrow search like "thinkpad password"
This should give you some idea of the required.

The hard thing is NZ prob wont have these things.. so u may need to look abroad.

Edit
Google results (www.google.co.nz)

Ebay results (search.ebay.com)
Nomad (952)
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