Ibm Thinkpad t40p bios problem
I have a real big problem after a bios update ( thanx to IBM Update software under Micro$oft XP ) i got an error "0199" and cannot access anymore the bios with supervisor password everytime that i reboot i have to press the "esc" key Does anyone have a solution for it ? Thank you -- Laurent Renard
On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 16:52 +0100, Laurent Renard wrote:
I have a real big problem after a bios update ( thanx to IBM Update software under Micro$oft XP ) i got an error "0199" and cannot access anymore the bios with supervisor password everytime that i reboot i have to press the "esc" key
Does anyone have a solution for it ? Thank you
Just a guess, the bios update cleared the password, reset the password back to what you had. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Ken Schneider wrote:
Just a guess, the bios update cleared the password, reset the password back to what you had.
The bios update reset the supervisor password back to ? I can't access the bios anymore : only user access ( read-only ) -- Laurent Renard
On Monday 21 March 2005 2:59 pm, Laurent Renard wrote:
The bios update reset the supervisor password back to ? I can't access the bios anymore : only user access ( read-only )
On a desktop, you could go into the box and move a jumper around to reset the Bios to its factory state. On a laptop, it's unclear how to do that, but IBM ought to know. They must see this problem often. Or do a Google search on "thinkpad reset bios". I just tried that and saw lots of web pages. Paul
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