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Hi All, I have Lenovo X201i and have supervisor password on it. I want to reset this password. I dont know the password and without password it is just useless. Please give me a solution.

There are 2 ways to do this.

  1. purchase a password removal service from Ebay
  2. purchase a new BIOS chip. You would then locate and desolder the BIOS chip from the laptop then solder the new one in its place. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4…

I think my x201 has BIOS firmware but your X201i may well be UEFI. In which case there are software tools you can use, which we refer to in the Restart Wiki - see https://therestartproject.org/wiki/UEFI_… If it’s BIOS there should be some way of resetting it - most likely a pair of solder pads on the motherboard that you have to short together. On some laptops I recovered a while back it was a bit tricky but worked in the end. Hopefully, MrGoogle will be able to help you if you pester him hard enough, if not yandex.ru or baidu.cn tend to have less scruples about sharing manufacturers’ data.

hi sir how are you i need halp for my lenovo t440p laptop in bios how to unlock plesse tell me thanks

Been there - done that with my thinkpad x230. To remove supervisor password - just short circuit SDA and SCL legs on the EEPROM chip before entering the BIOS on startup Chip wherebouts: http://www.ja.axxs.net/x220.htm Instructions to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZjUPUY… Some disadvantages of locked BIOS: you can’t change boot deviceyou are not able to enable Virtualization abilities of the CPUyou couldn’t turn off Anti-Theft and other security features