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 Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Compaq Armada E500 power-on password |
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"mitnik" <mitnik.2k7mcy@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops.
In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on.
What can i do?
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/UCR/SupportManual/TPM_170045-002/TPM_170045-002.pdf
page 126
If You Forget Your Power-On Password
IMPORTANT: You cannot use the computer if you forget your power-on
password. Therefore, Compaq recommends that you record your password and
put it in a safe place. If you forget your power-on password, the
computer must be disassembled and the memory cleared. Contact your
Compaq authorized dealer, reseller, or service provider for assistance.
BEFORE YOU DO send it in , ASK this question - " will I get MY disk
drive back ? with the data on it ? " It USED to be that you needed to be
the registered owner to even have them do it. SO that I couldn't steal
yours/send it in and get back a "good pc". I used to work in the field
and had a customer send in it once. (someone was fired and when they
went to wipe the PC discovered a power-on pwd.) As I'm typing , I think
I remember that he got back a blank drive (not even an OS on it) I
did ask the factory how/if I could do it - their answer = " No, send it
in". Maybe they removed the drive and raw formatted it elsewhere and
reinserted ?
Did you swap drives between the laptops ? - problem follow the drive ? |
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jerome
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: Compaq Armada E500 power-on password |
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"mitnik" <mitnik.2k7mcy@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops.
In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on.
What can i do?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/UCR/SupportManual/TPM_170045-002/TPM_170045-002.pdf
Did you swap drives between the laptops ? - problem follow the drive ?
Thats totally useless: the password is stored in a flash memory. Without the PW, you can not even boot on a floppy. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: Re: Compaq Armada E500 power-on password |
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"jerome" <me@home.org> wrote in message
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"mitnik" <mitnik.2k7mcy@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:mitnik.2k7mcy@nospamplease.com...
I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops.
In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on.
What can i do?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/UCR/SupportManual/TPM_170045-002/TPM_170045-002.pdf
Did you swap drives between the laptops ? - problem follow the drive
?
Thats totally useless: the password is stored in a flash memory.
Without the PW, you can not even boot on a floppy.
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May be - but I found it strange that my cutomer had his hard drive wiped
when he got it back, so thought maybe something on the drive telling it
to ( not) look at flash. I figured - it would still be protecting
drive - worth a shot. Also, if nothing on drive what prevents me from
taking your drive from a password protected PC and putting it into a
non-password protected PC to get at your confidential data ? I thought
THAT's why they had to wipe it . |
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mitnik
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:34 am Post subject: Re: Compaq Armada E500 power-on password |
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"mitnik" <mitnik.2kcpqb@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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Ok.
I find it.
This is the solution.
1)Disconnect power cable and remove laptop battery, 2)remove Bios or
CMOS battery from indide,3) leave for 1-2 mins, 4)connect power cable
without laptop battery and reboot.
No power-on password anymore.
Thank you all.
I'm glad that worked , but surprised it was that simple to get around |
it. Defeats the whole purpose of using pwd protection. |
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jerome
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:41 am Post subject: Re: Compaq Armada E500 power-on password |
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"mitnik" <mitnik.2kcpqb@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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Ok.
I find it.
This is the solution.
1)Disconnect power cable and remove laptop battery, 2)remove Bios or
CMOS battery from indide,3) leave for 1-2 mins, 4)connect power cable
without laptop battery and reboot.
No power-on password anymore.
Thank you all.
I'm glad that worked , but surprised it was that simple to get around
it. Defeats the whole purpose of using pwd protection.
I'm surprised too, I had an Armada 7800 on which I had to replace the |
mobo because of power on PW.
After letting it for a month without any battery (main or CMOS) it would
not boot. Perhaps some customers complained about that? |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: Compaq Armada E500 power-on password |
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"mitnik" <mitnik.2kd957@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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This does not work in new laptop because they have ''password chip''
in
motheboard and must replace it with a new.
Password chip don't need any battery.
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