I've been enjoying your Thinkpad series. I get the impression that this video in particular will come in handy "for a rainy day," so I'm going to note is for future reference. Thanks, Sebi!

Thank you, sir. I bought 6 thinkpads from a local seller who bought them at an auction. He said they no longer worked. 2 work, 2 have major issues and the other 2 were locked. Your video helped me fixed those 2. So bless you. BTW took many times and they are both T410.

Your video production quality is SOOO MUCH BETTER than other videos on this. Thank you! 🙏

I love this kind of information that keeps otherwise fully functional devices out of the landfill

Thank you for putting this out there. Keeping Thinkpads in use is a good thing, saving money and the environment.

I was given an old T60 from my work. The internal battery ran out and after reinstalling a new one, I was faced with the password or death! Thankfully, guys like you have saved the day for me and I now have my laptop back! Thank you

Thanks for documenting this process. Only two issues / suggestions: (1) A better view of the pins (pads?) to be shorted would be helpful, even if only as an example for the model you're working with. Just a different camera angle might help. (2) State more clearly when to start shorting the pins, the fact that you need to keep them shorted throughout the process, and when to remove the short. I don't think you said when to remove it, even while re-watching it. Other than that it's a decent video. You were pretty clear on which models this should work on. Also, people need to realize that any time you do something like this there's a risk of damaging the unit to the point where it becomes unusable (i.e. broken!).

Excellent work, precisely described steps to understand, then resolve the task in hand. 👍 up, stay blessed.

Thanks for putting this online. I have known a few people who have bought thinkpads on ebay or at garage sales and such, just to find out they have supervisor passwords.

I looked everywhere. I have the supervisor password but I just wanted to disable it. You're the only person to mention that hitting enter twice will just disable it. I entered my password then hit enter twice and yay!

Right around 2012 my company acknowledged these types of security measures to be ineffective and non-compliant as it was medical company. Hardware HD encryption methods were then put in place and we replaced every HD in the company. We had the ability to activate the encryption remotely provided the computer was online so then on next power up you would need to enter the password. HOWEVER, my boss lost the master password. So we ended up with about 350+ systems in the field with ridiculously expensive drives in them, without encryption. We could technically STILL encrypt but we decided not to because we lost the ability to DECRYPT since that was when the password was required. We COULD have reset the entire system but then this would have made it impossible to decrypt the few systems we had already encrypted (which were the executive leadership teams systems since those were the first ones we did). So we left it as it was and never told anyone the problem. I don't know whatever happened as I left about 2 years later. I've also experienced other encryption problems similar to that scenario. After those experiences my rule of thumb is to simply encrypt using local methods. Software based, local encryption....like encrypting a single folder. Overall I disagree with encryption in general unless you are dealing with HIGHLY sensitive data. Most people, and businesses are not dealing with such data, therefore it makes encryption largely irrelevant. I find most people who want to implement security measures can't adequately convey why they want it, or need it. It's usually overkill....like those people who have 4 different virus scanners installed. More important than security is backups/data integrity. It's one thing for your data to potentially fall into the wrong hands, it's another for it to be unrecoverable. The latter is much worse.

Thanks for this I have a T60 and T61 with passwords on both and both came without HDD's. I've had both for more than three years and because of you vid can move forward with them. Keep up the great content keep safe keep well and thankyou.

I don't own any IBM or Lenovo gear yet still find your videos interesting and informative :)

Fast,simple and right on point !! I thank u much

Thanks man Helped a ton ! Take care

I like the dirt cheap ebay/US models, so this happened to me and I find it interesting to fix. I'm already digging into all of it by accepting some faults.

That’s cool! Pretty useful and easy to do too!

It worked on my L450. Thank you

Worked for X230 in first try . Luv U Sebi the ThinkMan 💐💐

Great video, sadly wasn't able to get this to work on my T21... uses an older 14-pin EEPROM with a pin between the two needed to short... which is seemingly tied to ground so shorting across it hangs the system.

Hello, thanks for your video This method will work for T460s ?

Thank you, this worked great on R61

Nice video like always.

Thanks a million! I really appreciate, its done successfully.

thanks a lot guy, nice idea to remove this password with minimum effort, that's working for me on T61

Useful for 3th gen laptops and older

Hi Sebi, does the T431s count in part of the older gens or the new ones?

If you have newest thinkpad, can use CMOS De-animator software to remove supervisor bios password ?

Unlock the bios password successfully. Thanks 😊.

Thanks. Good to know.

Hi, I was wondering if the EPROM chip location on the X230 Tablet the same as the standard X230?

Excellent video.

please advise what do i short on a T60?

I have a t540p bought from a friend. Everything on the bios is greyed out. I and even enter the sub categories. She doesn't remember setting anything related to supervisor password. I doubt she would really. She only used the laptop to watch movies. So now I have the laptop. I need to enable virtualization when I found this problem out after having the laptop for a few months now. So my question is will this method work on this machine?

Man, thanks so much, you just saved the X200s i just got for 10 bucks..! ^^

you are the best guys........................... yeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssss it works

Thanks a lot for this golden info. This should be done with the battery or the power cord connected? Now...on to the same info for the T440 and T450!

hi there, came across a w520 but the seller (found it in recycling i guess) says there is some kind of lock and cannot boot from the primary disk (there is no disk anyway) and the machine only boots from usb. Is this a supervisor password case? What do you think?

Any chance with a T540p?

Could you tell me the pins for L470?

The most useful video ever! Just one question, do we need to keep the pins shortened during the whole time or we can release it at some point?

It will in a x380 yoga?

Friend, do you have the same instructions for model T440??

And for a x270 you also have to go through the eeprom method?

0:23 Oh my god! A room filled with ThinkPads instead of MacBooks? Is that picture taken in a alternate reality or something?

One thing isn't clear from this video: how long i have to keep the pins shorted? After pressing F10 to save settings? After entered the BIOS?

I tried this onb my E120, same error and I managed to reset the svp but it seems whenever the laptop restarted or shut off, it just goes back to default with SVP enabled. Maybe the eeprom is just read only. still it's usable and I can't enable VT. as for now, it's just a media thinkpad

Will this process work on the Lenovo e49 model?

Where can I get the pins for the P50?

Please can you tell for ThinkPad L460

hello do you know wher the pins are in Lenovo L520

Hello, could you help to locate the eeprom on 11e? Thank you

Greetings, I need a Lenovo YOGA 730-15IKB CMOS Battery disabled if one exists, or disable the Administrator's Password? Almost all of the BIOS is corrupted. I am not able to access any Advanced Mode Fix-it options, such as Cmd Prompt, due to a constant Password Block. Uncertain if newer Lenovo Yogas use different Fix-it methods or if everything stays the same? HELP, I've exhausted all I know, thank you...

what is the backdoor password to the IBM ThinkPad T480s laptop computer?

T440p any solution for this?

What about Lenovo thinkpad x201 black locked screen problem please 🙏? Need help

Great tutorials keep it up. Will this also work on Lenovo Thinkpad Edge? Thanks for your assistance.

Is it the sama like disc password on HP ones?

Would it work for a Lenovo L740?

How can I remove the bios lock on the ThinkPad L14/factory reset with bios lock?

Done this with a X230, took a few tries but its working now. Thanks king.

what pins for x60?

will this work on a 2016 E530?

Any idea on how to get this to work on a Lenovo t61?

Thank you for sharing this. Would this work with a T15 second generation?

for lenovo tinkpad L590?

Can anyone confirm if this works on the Yoga L390? Are the pins going to be in the same place?

will it work on L14

Hello Sir, did this work with A4 for a T60? thanks

Did you figure out x240 in the end?

Thanks for the tip might be useful

Do you know how to remove BIOS password for Lenovo ThinkCentre M800?

Will this work on a t30

X60T will work?

Hey man help What must I do with the t460

WILL THIS WORK FOR A LENOVO YOGA 11E?? I JUST BOUGHT ONE FROM EBAY AND I REINSTALLED WINDOWS BECAUSE THE ONE ON IT WOULDN'T LET ME UPDATE IT. SOON AS IT WAS REBOOTING AND EVERYTHING IT'S ASKING FOR A SCHOOL LOGIN ACCOUNT OR SECURITY KEY!! I'VE MESSAGED THE SELLER, BUT STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM

Does it work in T42 ?😅

What can I do if I broke one of the pins?

WILL WORK ON T470?

does it work on X13 gen 1 ryzen? or X390?

Very good video ! Does it work on a Thinkpad T20 ?

how to take off the supervisor password off of a thinkpad T480s laptop please? its for the bios.

Tried to find a decent video for unlocking a t42. The other videos I've found are more about setting up a pi and reprogramming...

How about a T460 ThinkPad i have the same problem i can't access the supervisor password

Thank you.

Will it work on x230?

for Lenovo X250 ?

I've bought a t460 basic model from a used laptop shop (as it was cheap like 250 usd). Now I need to install a linux operating system for my research project. But i can't do that. Guess what... Secure boot enabled, supervisor password unknown.. 😭😭 Isn't there any way?????

I have a ThinkPad 10 2nd gen tablet, it has a completely different BIOS. Does anybody know how to remove it?

hey how about e530??

Hey maybe you know how to reset the power on password and supervisor password on an ibm thinkpad r52?

what about the L450?

Thanks! I can confirm this is working on the Thinkpad X61.

What about Lenovo desktop’s supervisor password clearing ?

X201 where we to put the jumper sir

Question - do I have to keep holding the pins while I’m navigating through the BIOS?

How to unlock supervisor password in t410 ?

I couldn't get this work. I have same model but no luck. Machine always just starts to lock screen, never got to the bios.

Good Sir I have a question: thanks to Your advice I'm now proud owner of a T460s (and I absolutely love it). Unfortunately when I want to access the BIOS it asks me for password. How do I know if it's supervisor password? Also can You provide some information on how I can disable it?

Could help for w541 purchased frm ebay several months ago? Thank you.