[Thinkpad] Re: Thinkpad 385XD power-on password

At 12:00 PM 07/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org wrote:
> > Recently, I've been working on a Thinkpad 385XD (2635) (as a
> > volunteer technician at Computers for Schools Ontario). When the
> > machine boots up, it stops with a password icon which looks like a
> > floppy disk. I'm hoping this is only a power-on password.
>
>Bob, that means no operating system found! I.e., the HD has been wiped.
>Stick a floppy in it and BOOT.
>Regards,
>James

James, I didn't describe the icon very well. There is an icon for a padlock
and to its left is a small icon consisting of a square on top of a
rectangle which is the same length as the width of the square. It could be
a floppy disk or it could be a monitor sitting on top of a CPU.

I should be able to find the two tiny pads that I must connect to power-on
the computer, but no luck.

I will appreciate any further thoughts.

Best wishes

Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada

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Received on Tue Dec 7 16:49:14 2004