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On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:16:29 -0500, Bill Berry wrote: >So, I'm doing some basic maintenance prior to compressing my HD. I run >Norton, >etc. Then I think back to my Mac days and I say, I wonder if there's >something >akin to resetting the P-RAM for Intel machines. I look in the utilities >section on Windows95.com and I find the utility killCMOS. > >I read through the readme and come across the section: > >*scenerio two* > Sometimes, a motherboard's CMOS settings will get corrupted due to a > power-flux or just because it felt like it. The Level of corruption may > keep you from even into the CMOS menu. > >So I figure, cool this clean out any corruption and I can get on with the >rest >of my day. > >I go into the set up and remove my passwords (just in case) and run killCMOS. > >Reboot. Bang! I gotta password. (But didn't I just remove my passwords?!) >Maybe it reset my old one? No. > >Anyway, I can't use my ThinkPad. I call IBM, they tell me I have to have the >power-on password reset by an authorized IBM service center. But, if it's the >hard drive password or the "supervisor" password, I'll have to replace the >components (hard drive & system board). This turns out to be just about what >the thing (TP365XD DS) is going for right now in the stores, since the new >model came out. > >So basically though I can use my ThinkPad, I can't get into the setup if I >need to, or format the hard drive. > >Any ideas on what I can do, or what killCMOS would have set as the passwords? > >I can send you the text of the readme if it'll help. > >Yes, I've sent e-mail to the author of killCMOS. > >Please help. E-mail: doggo@megsinet.net > > First of all, I don't recommend compression with the problems and side effects I've seen, but everyone has their own opinions, too. You shouldn't have run any program like that, because the BIOS resides in an Intel Flash chip (or at least that's who made the chip the last time I opened up my dead 355C). And according to the data sheets IBM sent me on some of their hard drives, the password part may also conflict with hardware. It says on my 2 datasheets, which correspand to the DHAA(355,360,755,etc.) and DBOA (701), the Hex command for disabling the password on the hard drive is F6, if that also helps. Otherwise, you probably would have to replace the system board Regards, Paul Regards, Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net