Does anyone out there know how to remove a power on password for an IBM thinkpad 760el. We have some of these old laptops that were turned into our system department for new laptops. Some of them have these power on passwords and we do not have the passwords for them. Can someone help?
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Power on password for IBM 760el.
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have you tried removing the battery? this usually resets the cmos, there is a diagram to find it at
its not hard to find, looks to be under the keyboard on the left side.
make sure to have the battery out and not be plugged in, take the battery out, put it back in, plug in battery and/or power and power on. should reset the cmos to a blank password. any other settings will also be lost, such as boot sequence, numlock on power, and memory reservations. Nothing should really be changed though since this is a laptop.
its not hard to find, looks to be under the keyboard on the left side.
make sure to have the battery out and not be plugged in, take the battery out, put it back in, plug in battery and/or power and power on. should reset the cmos to a blank password. any other settings will also be lost, such as boot sequence, numlock on power, and memory reservations. Nothing should really be changed though since this is a laptop.
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You very well could be out of luck as per the attached:
I had the same problem and found that IBM basically replaces the board. Also found a company that helps with these passwords at a lesser price:
Hope this helps.
I had the same problem and found that IBM basically replaces the board. Also found a company that helps with these passwords at a lesser price:
Hope this helps.
On the IBM Thinkpad 760xd, the power on password POP can be removed by removing the battery and CD/Floppy and placing a jumper on the POP connector to the left of the floppy drive connector. Instructions are in the PDF volume 4 hardware and maintenance manual downloaded from the IBM website.
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Just got an old IBM Thinkpad 760EL laptop. I got both the floopy and CD-rom. but no manual for it. Anyone know how to swap them? I don't want to just rip into it without a clue.
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Just got an old IBM Thinkpad 760EL laptop. I got both the floopy and CD-rom. but no manual for it. Anyone know how to swap them? I don't want to just rip into it without a clue.
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