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    Protege M400 biometric lock reset?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by mashcrash, Dec 5, 2006.

  1. mashcrash

    mashcrash Newbie

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    So my friend and I were having a disagreement. The m400 has a built in biometric thumb lock at the bios level. He claims that this makes the laptop completely safe and is uncrackable. He also said you cannot turn it on without going past the biometric thing.

    Assuming there is a password (password is forgotten as well), and only one finger was scanned.

    So what if some dude buys this laptop, scans his thumb, and gets into some sort of injury and cant scan it anymore? Is he ****ed? I mean it cannot be that simple.

    I thought there would be a way to flash the bios or something. Or maybe some way to reset the entire machine? If the internet taught us one thing, it is that nothing is for sure.

    So am I right? or is my friend right?
     
    mashcrash, Dec 5, 2006
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  2. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    I am not sure about Toshiba, but on Thinkpads, if you have the biometric security turned up real high (at the BIOS/boot leve)l and you forget the password you have to pay Lenovo to send someone out and reset the motherboard.
     
    vespoli, Dec 5, 2006
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