| hunter27tk |
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| Sun Jan 06 2008 12:00 AM |
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Ibm Thimkpad T20
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Hi All
Our laptop hardly gets used now but I turned it on tonight mainly to update AVG and instead of booting up it says "error please check date and time" and then appears to be waiting for a password ? which we have never had.
It does the same if I try to go into BIOS (F1) or use the only other option which is select boot (F12).
I thought maybe the CMOS battery may have gone flat but I thought it would still load a default BIOS with this flat.
I do have an identical one for spares but has anyone any ideas before I start meddling
It is/was running XP pro
Many thanks
Pete
| Fusion |
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| Sun Jan 06 2008 04:22 PM |
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Re: Ibm Thimkpad T20
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I would say it is the CMOS battery. A pal of mine had similar symptoms on a PC and a new battery cured the problem.
Only difference is the battery on a laptop is not as easily changed as in a PC.
| hunter27tk |
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| Sun Jan 06 2008 05:33 PM |
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Re: Ibm Thimkpad T20
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Thanks fusion
I hope it`s only that but remember on an old pc we had that when the cmos battery went it still booted but with an incorrect date and time.
I will replace it (if I can find it)
Thanks again
pete
| hunter27tk |
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| Thu Jan 10 2008 03:01 PM |
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Re: Ibm Thimkpad T20
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No Luck Fitted the new cmos battery but no different .
Pete
| BurrWalnut |
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| Thu Jan 10 2008 03:50 PM |
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Could it be that in the past you have had the maximum number of abortive attempts at a password and are now locked out?
There can be up to three different level passwords on an IBM (Lenovo) laptop or there certainly used to be. Download/have a look at the hardware manual, which should describe the procedure for resetting passwords, here http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4UYM3F