IBM 600X (MT 2646) manual Related service information, Reset switch, Service Web site, Passwords

Related service informatio

Related service information

This section provides information about the follow

Ÿ“Reset switch”

Ÿ“Service Web site”

Ÿ“Passwords”

ŸPower management features

Reset switch

The Reset switch resets the system (regardless microcode status) and forces the power off. Us pushbutton to power off when power is not comple or the microcode is in a hung state. For its l “Rear view” on page 66.

Service Web site

When the latest maintenance diskette and the sy program service diskette are available, a notice posted onhttp://pccbbs.raleigh.ibm.com/

Passwords

As many as three passwords may be needed for ThinkPad computers: the power-on password (POP), th hard disk password (HDP), and the supervisor pas (PAP).

When the power-on password (POP), the hard disk password (HDP), or the supervisor password (PAP) used, the following situations may occur:

If	the		PAP	is	used,	the	HDP	is	enabled	automat
no	HDP	prompt		appears. The			HDP	is	set the	same
PAP.
Ÿ	If	the	POP	is	the same	as	the HDP, the POP
	prompt appears, but the HDP prompt does not
	appear.

ŸIf the POP is not the same as the HDP, both prompts appear.

If a ThinkPad computer has an extra bay, it c

more than two HDPs. Then the following situations w occure:

Ÿ If	POPthe is the same as oneHDPs of(HDPthe-1
or	HDP-2), a POP prompt appears. The passwords
are	different.

ŸIf POPthe is not the same as eitherHDPs of the

(HDP-1	or HDP-2),		both	prompts	appear.
Ÿ If PAPthe is		used,HDP-1the or theHDP-2			is
automatically enabled, but the HDP prompt doe
appear. The		HDP-1	or the HDP-2		are then set
same	password as		the	PAP.

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