Go to SVP password, set up a new one and Save&Exit with F10.įrom here you can keep your new SVP or go again into the BIOS with your new SVP and erase it pressing only ENTER when asked for new SVP and save with F10. Wait no more than 2-3 seconds and release short. As soon as the display turns on, short pins 5 and 6 and keep them shorted.Ĥ. If you short them too late or for too long, you'll get the password prompt.Ģ. If you short them too early, the laptop won't boot. To reset the BIOS password you have to short legs 5 and 6, as others have already stated. Though the chip is a P24S08, it is so tiny, that only "08 -1 EL" is printed on it, so it's hard to recognise. The SVP is held in the chip SMDFlea's picture helped me to locate. If you only want to reset your Lenovo L540's BIOS password, you need no new BIOS flash. If you forgot the Windows login password for your Lenovo ThinkPad laptop or desktop PC, then you can easily reset the password using our Reset Windows Password software.Spbios and SMDFlea are absolutely right.
The program Easy-Setup’s built-in system has the function of installing the password. After POST is completed the password bytes are locked and cant be accessed.ĭuring installation, this password (1 to 7 characters) is stored in the security space. The microprocessor can access these bytes only during POST. RT/CMOS RAM has 8 bytes reserved for the power-on password. An Lenovo ThinkPad laptop can have the following passwords set: