The computer boots to windows 10 perfectly. Proof of purchase is required, and this repair is not covered under the warranty. I would be so thankful for any advice or info you can share, if you found some answers. Once you locate and rest the jumper switches, turn the computer on and check if the password has been cleared. You can choose a way according to yourself but personally I highly recommend Windows Password Recovery Tool.
The one exception to that rule would be to buy the machine for parts where I do not need a mainboard. Even worse, some claim there is a trick to short out a couple pins on the main board just when the machine starts. Nor would I buy one that has a boot password. Reading back the password didn't work It was likely encrypted , but clearing it worked perfectly. You can try them at your own risk.
You can try this command with Virtual machines. This time the supervisor password removal was able to persist, and I could then proceed to alter the boot order. I think I will be purchasing a motherboard through eBay, since that's the only way I could actually make it work, and is worth money. After the first successful attempt at clearing the supervisor password, I reconnected the backup battery, and the next time I booted, the original settings were loaded! If I do not reply to the comments is because I'm busy or before ask a question, search on comments, maybe you find the answer. Note: Don't have a password reset disk? The systemboard must be replaced for a scheduled fee.
Its a corporate machine, yank the hard drive out and replace the machine, you will have quality spare parts for other machines, sending machines with sensitive info for repair is a peeve of mine, call Lenovo and see if they can really reset the bios over the phone as mentioned above. It can easily and quickly reset Lenovo password for local administrator and user account and fully supports for resetting Windows 8. Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 Lenovo - Yoga Lenovo - ThinkPad X1 Lenovo - IdeaPad 15. If you or your friend forgot Lenovo ThinkPad password, just try what we mentioned. Not only will it have better brightness, colour, contrast and viewing angles - you will most probably more than make up the investment when selling it. Usually on the thinkpads it is located next to the yellow Bios Battery cable under the tape, or under the ram, if it is under the ram, take the ram out, you wont need the ram to get into Bios anyway, once you think you have acheived it. It is up to you to decide, I am not responsible for the results or for any consequential or incidental damages whatsoever.
There are ways to manually give you the same thing with some laptops but that seems to be pretty rare. Is there anyone here who has any of the same problems. This is set by the manufacturer to create security feature in your computer. Also it could potentially be a risky process. After that, Windows password key appears on your screen.
There may not be any other password set! Lenovo do however charge you to unlock the Eprom, but a proof of purchase or reciept either new or second hand is nessecary. Reinstall the backup battery and the battery pack Source: The systemboard does not need to be replaced but you do need to contact Lenovo support as John suggested originally, you just need to prove ownership of the machine. There are no manufacturers I know of that consider this a warranty issue. The items in blue are not. After that, you can log in your laptop without any password. If the commands are similar to what does to erase the cmos then this will brick a laptop that stores the password in an eeprom.
After hours of trying other solutions this was the only one that worked. When I received it the dried out ink cartridge was still in the carrier, there was crude all over the case and a big scratch across the back. You can try using normal 5V but this can trash the mainboard. Edge series ThinkPad E220, E220s, Edge 13, Edge 14, E420, E420s, Edge 15, E520, How to Reset Windows Password on Lenovo ThinkPad with Windows Password Reset? On iFixit, wrote a guide for ThinkPad Mini 10 netbooks. Unsoldering the battery incorrectly may damage your motherboard and other components, so please don't attempt this if you are inexperienced. Next I dissabled the password, saved changes and restarted to check.
During installation, this password 1 to 7 characters is stored in the security space. Sounds like the safe route would be shelling out the money for Lenovo to fix it. I screwed all items apart so I can see the whole motherboard. For instructions on how to remove the backup battery, click. The page that appears should look like this: If it does, great! If the seller of the laptop specifically stated that they were unable to access the bios because of a password in the description then you got what you paid for. It is no longer under warranty so Toshiba can't won't help to bypass it.