Use NT to read a bios chip?

syankey1970 · Post by **syankey1970** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:30 pm

I recently bought a Ibm Thinkpad off lease lappy and the bios has a supervisor password on it...lol. The seller cannot get the p/w but i found a few bits of info about reading the bios chip and i have the proper hex editor to read the info.

This isn't the dreaded bios lockout password so i can boot it fine...i just cannot update the bios or change the settings so it irritates me. i found a replacement mobo for cheap so i'm gonna get one just in case i need it...
I was simply wondering if anyone has done this with an NT because it's pretty common to get a locked lappy nowadays...

Post by **usbbdm** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:04 pm

syankey1970 wrote:I recently bought a Ibm Thinkpad off lease lappy and the bios has a supervisor password on it...lol. The seller cannot get the p/w but i found a few bits of info about reading the bios chip and i have the proper hex editor to read the info.

This isn't the dreaded bios lockout password so i can boot it fine...i just cannot update the bios or change the settings so it irritates me. i found a replacement mobo for cheap so i'm gonna get one just in case i need it...
I was simply wondering if anyone has done this with an NT because it's pretty common to get a locked lappy nowadays...

Is it SPI flash? If yes it is likely you can use NT to read/write the flash.

buzzybuzzard · Post by **buzzybuzzard** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:12 pm

http://sodoityourself.com/hacking-ibm-t ... -password/

syankey1970 · Post by **syankey1970** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:32 pm

LOL

That is the link i got the decipher soft from...great article...just looking for another excuse to play with the NT. thanks for taking the time to reply..

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:36 am

usbbdm wrote:Is it SPI flash? If yes it is likely you can use NT to read/write the flash.

how would i connect the nt on the mobo to read/write to the bios and which config would i use??

Post by **usbbdm** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:44 am

ez.hackster wrote:how would i connect the nt on the mobo to read/write to the bios and which config would i use??

If it is SPI flash then it is possible. You need to do some study and might need to create an XML for yourself based on the size of the flash.

CAPONE · Post by **CAPONE** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:38 am

ez.hackster wrote:how would i connect the nt on the mobo to read/write to the bios and which config would i use??

I doubt you can. I do have a tool that will remove all passwords. First one need to determine what passwords are set. on IBM can have up to 3. With the tool all 3 can be wiped out in one shot.

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:23 am

CAPONE wrote:I doubt you can. I do have a tool that will remove all passwords. First one need to determine what passwords are set. on IBM can have up to 3. With the tool all 3 can be wiped out in one shot.

my ex came over and set passwords on both my ibms

been trying to bypass it for some days now can you help me out with this? what kinda tool do you use and how would i use it? models are ibm t43 and my baby lenovo t510

Post by **usbbdm** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:32 am

ez.hackster wrote:my ex came over and set passwords on both my ibms been trying to bypass it for some days now can you help me out with this? what kinda tool do you use and how would i use it? models are ibm t43 and my baby lenovo t510

Do you have a jumper on MB to clear the password?

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:39 am

usbbdm wrote:Do you have a jumper on MB to clear the password?

yea i tried clearing the cmos but it didnt remove the bios password

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:05 am

is there any way i could connect the nt to the bios and dump it or has that ever been tried before ?

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:28 am

ez.hackster wrote:my ex came over and set passwords on both my ibms been trying to bypass it for some days now can you help me out with this? what kinda tool do you use and how would i use it? models are ibm t43 and my baby lenovo t510

that's a pretty shitty xmas gift ain't it:o

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:36 am

justsomeguy wrote:that's a pretty shitty xmas gift ain't it:o

yea this suxx

and i got work to do

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:40 pm

CAPONE wrote:I doubt you can. I do have a tool that will remove all passwords. First one need to determine what passwords are set. on IBM can have up to 3. With the tool all 3 can be wiped out in one shot.

any word on that tool of yours?

ez.hackster · Post by **ez.hackster** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:00 pm

still need help i have the lenovo t510 and i need to get around the bios password any help??

USB JTAG

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