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IBM Thinkpad T30 BIOS password
by starprowler on Jul.15, 2008, under General Jazz
I came by a IBM Thinkpad T30 with a power on password enabled. The original owner threw it out because he couldn’t remember the password and IBM told him that he had to change the planar (the notebook equivalent of the motherboard.) Followed the instructions on SoDoItYourself and constructed a serial port interface, downloaded the software and I was very quickly able to get the power-on password!
Neat!
Philips monitors “Aging…”
by starprowler on Jun.01, 2007, under General Jazz
Philips 15″ monitors enters the “Aging…” mode when the power button is held down for more than 3 seconds. Switching off the monitor (even for days) does not reset the monitor.
The mode is exit only when the monitor is connected to a PC.
My $0.02 on the subject
