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    what does it mean when bios is locked?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by FinkPad, Feb 17, 2015.

  1. FinkPad

    FinkPad Notebook Evangelist

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    Can someone tell me the consequence of buying a Thinkpad with bios locked?
     
    FinkPad, Feb 17, 2015
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    fb1996 Notebook Geek

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    If there is a Supervisor Password that you don't know (I assume that that's the case), you get a nice black brick if you remove the coin cell battery or if it's empty.
     
    fb1996, Feb 17, 2015
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    What if the coin cell battery is not removed and not empty, what do I get?
     
    FinkPad, Feb 17, 2015
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    It depends on what exactly was locked by Supervisor password, and that can be a plethora of different things.

    My advice: stay away, very far away from machines with a locked BIOS unless they're cheap enough to warrant a planar swap.
     
    ajkula66, Feb 17, 2015
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