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  • masud
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jul 2011
    • 317
    • Bangladesh
    • smd electronics

    #1

    Lenovo Thinkpad X230 bios password

    Lenovo Thinkpad X230 bios locked. what can i do,

    do i need to write bios?

    please help.
  • rioreno
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2009
    • 540
    • Indonesia

    #2
    Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230

    Originally posted by masud
    Lenovo Thinkpad X230 bios locked. what can i do,

    do i need to write bios?

    please help.
    you dont need... find eeprom chip (chip location browse to www.allsevice.ro), short sda scl before logo appears...and enter f1 to enter bios menu...

    for your reference ...
    http://tpholic.com/xe/11066087

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    • masud
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jul 2011
      • 317
      • Bangladesh
      • smd electronics

      #3
      Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230

      but there are two bios
      1. 25L3206E and
      2. 25L6406E.

      they don't have SDA and SCL pins.

      this two have SCLK and SL/SIO0 pins

      what to do with which chip?

      please advice.

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      • rioreno
        Badcaps Veteran
        • Feb 2009
        • 540
        • Indonesia

        #4
        Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230

        Originally posted by masud
        but there are two bios
        1. 25L3206E and
        2. 25L6406E.

        they don't have SDA and SCL pins.

        this two have SCLK and SL/SIO0 pins

        what to do with which chip?

        please advice.
        not bios chip, i talking about eeprom chip i2c 24L08 for TP X230..
        here x230 location chip is same with x220..

        ref:
        http://www.ja.axxs.net/x220.htm
        http://www.allservice.ro/forum/viewt...hp?p=3521#3521
        http://www.allservice.ro/forum/images/x220.jpg

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        • masud
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Jul 2011
          • 317
          • Bangladesh
          • smd electronics

          #5
          Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230

          Originally posted by rioreno
          not bios chip, i talking about eeprom chip i2c 24L08 for TP X230..
          here x230 location chip is same with x220..

          ref:
          http://www.ja.axxs.net/x220.htm
          http://www.allservice.ro/forum/viewt...hp?p=3521#3521
          http://www.allservice.ro/forum/images/x220.jpg
          but it doesn't work in x230. what to do?

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          • rioreno
            Badcaps Veteran
            • Feb 2009
            • 540
            • Indonesia

            #6
            Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230

            Originally posted by masud
            but it doesn't work in x230. what to do?
            sorry for longtime not login,,
            try SDA short to GND...

            this is succesfully thread with x230 Thinkpad,,,

            https://burningsquirrel.net/reset-th...isor-passwort/


            hope it can help you, if cannot reset too with this way, so you must try to read that eprom(L08) with ic2 reader and clear with ibmpass.exe from service.ro

            goodluck

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            • abrar
              Member
              • Dec 2016
              • 31
              • pakistan

              #7
              Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230

              please helpe i want a x230 bios

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              • nemac98
                Member
                • Apr 2018
                • 27
                • Serbia

                #8
                Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230 bios password

                Hello have anyone dumps for lenovo thinkpad x230i,motherboard is ldb-2 mb 11232-1 dump,please

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                • andresi
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2020
                  • 186
                  • Singapore

                  #9
                  Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X230 bios password

                  here we go
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