RE: [LIB] Removing boot password in BIOS
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:21:19 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Removing boot password in BIOS I just downloaded a copy of the 110CT User Guide and looked through it. Apparently the password prompt can't be disabled in BIOS. But in the 'HW Setup' options in 'Control Panel' on the 'Security' tab, there's an option to 'Remove' the password 'Registered' attribute. There seems to be another method using a 'service diskette' FD. Matt Libretto list info: Libretto list archive #1: http://www.technoir.nu/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi Libretto list archive #2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/ To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shoot... I skipped a step in the procedure of editing the HEX values that I wrote out in the last message. Here's the full procedure: From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I found this procedure for clearing the password in the archives. Is this the only way you can removed the thing after it's been set: This is what you need: 1. Your notebook 2. An empty formatted diskette (720 kb or 1,44 mb) 3. A second computer (e.g. a DOS desktop PC) 4. A hex-editor (e.g. Norton DiskEdit or HexWorks) This is what you have to do: 1. Start the desktop PC and start the hex-editor 2. Put the disk in drive A: 3. Change the first five bytes of sector 1 (boot sector is sector 0) to: 4B 45 59 00 00 4. Save it! Now you have a KEYDISK 5. Remove the disk from drive A: 6. Put the disk in the notebook drive 7. Start the notebook in Boot Mode (push the reset button) 8. Press Enter when asked for Password: 9. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter. 10. You now see the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password. After many failed attempts, I finally got the above procedure to work, but only once. I haven't been able to duplicate the success twice. This is what I did: * Did a full format of a FD in my L110 running W98. * Put the FD in the desktop and edited Sector 1 start to 4B 45 59 00 00 * Put the FD back in the Lib FDD * Shut W98 to the DOS mode with the FDD attached * Pushed the reset button. * After reboot, entered the existing password * I was in fact finally presented with a prompt to enter a new password. * I just hit ENTER without adding any characters * I was returned to the same prompt. * Hit ENTER again and I think the system restarted * Was presented with the same prompt for a password * Entered the old password, and the system booted But for some reason I was only able to get that process to work once. Usually I get an Invalid System Disk error message after entering a password when the system tries to boot off of the floppy. That because it was never made bootable. It just had those HEX values modified to read 'KEY' in ASCII. I tried making the disk bootable and then modifying the HEX values, but the system fails to boot off of it complaining that it can't find a file. The behaviour of being asked for a new password, just hitting ENTER, and then hitting ENTER again as described above, is the same behaviour I see when trying to change the password when booting into BIOS/Setup. Sure could use some feedback on this. Thanks, Matt
[LIB] Re: Memory Upgrade
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:51:51 +0100 From: Ron Hahn EI2JP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Memory Upgrade Lads, I have two L50s with 16MB that I would like to upgrade to 32MB. Does anyone on the list know the proper part number and where I might obtain two for a reasonable price? Thanks, Ron
RE: [LIB] Re: Memory Upgrade
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:17:22 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Re: Memory Upgrade From: Ron Hahn EI2JP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lads, I have two L50s with 16MB that I would like to upgrade to 32MB. Does anyone on the list know the proper part number and where I might obtain two for a reasonable price? I don't know if I've ever known a part number, but the best place to the 16MB module is Ebay. Search for 'Libretto memory'. Adding '16' might narrow the field, but is probably not necessary, or maybe '50CT' or '70CT' (same memory). However, since memory for those old systems has become a bit rare at this point, the price has gone up substantially. I think the going price the last I knew was around $60. In years past you could get it for $25-$35. Wow... I see none on EBay right now for the 50CT! One Buy Now for $49.00, and a few at $72 for the 32MB 100/110CT module. New they can go for as high as $150 at Impact: http://www.impactcomputers.com/toshiba-libretto-50ct-parts-memory.html Looking at that page, I didn't know there was EDO, and non- EDO memory for Libbys, or that there were 8MB modules. I wonder what the diference is between the 16MB module that dosn't specify EDO for $150, and the one that does for $145. You might call them and ask, and report back here. Just keep checking on EBay. Good luck. Matt Libretto list info: Libretto list archive #1: http://www.technoir.nu/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi Libretto list archive #2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/ To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html
