Re: power-on password and KillCMOS

[Bill Berry <w-berry@nwu.edu>]

Tim,

Well, I didn't. 

Actually, I should mention that the power-on password was corrupted as well. I had to take the TP to an IBM authorized service center to have the power-on password disabled. (They took the instructions for that off the web-site just before this happened to me. Heh, but I got the instructions again...somewhere.) By the way, prices for disabling the power-on password vary widely. I paid $75. I was quoted $210 by some place in the loop. (That'd be Chicago, the loop is the business district)

Anyway, the 'pad works okay, I just don't have access to easy setup (or whatever the CMOS setup utility is called). I forget just what features I now can't control. I just feel like the machine is not whole if I can't have access to all of it's features. Maybe the price of TP 365XD system boards will drop drastically and I'll be able to afford a new one..maybe.

Oh yeah, and the resale value is hosed. 

B.


At 04:00 PM 11/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> Whatever you do, do not use the utility called KillCMOS on a ThinkPad. I
>> stupidly used it thinking that I'd be clearing the Intel equivalent of
>> Parameter Ram on a Mac. D'oh!
>> 
>> The thing corrupted my Supervisor and Hard drive password instead of
>> clearing them. I neglected to disable them thinking the utility would wipe
>> 'em out.
>
>>  ... 
>> Anyway, mea culpa, the machine works for now. I wish I'd risked having some
>> thief get my notebook and use it freely, than use the stupid password and
>> screw up and ruin the TP for myself.
>
>How did you resolve this problem?
>
>

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