satelite password problem

[brothertuck]

I acquired a satelite 335 cdt laptop from a fire sale. I have a friend who does fire and water repair for an insurance company. the person who had the fire had the laptop. I have been trying to find how to access the laptop to see if it is salvagable, but due to privacy concerns I can't get the password from the original owner.

The computer goes through the memory test and then goes to the password prompt. I have gone to the Toshiba site and they say I have to go to an Authorized service providor who has a tool that will solve the problem.

The local service providor has benn too busy with corporate accounts to take a look at it even though he says it will only take 15 - 30 minutes to handle. I have the number of another service providor who is further away from me than the first, and would be at least a half a day trip to go to.

I would like to see if anyone knows of a work around that I can do by myself to get rid of the password or to find out what it is so I can take care of it. The laptop has been taken apart and the battery pulled to try to clear the bios by 2 seperate people even after I told them of the toshiba solution and that doing that won't do anything..

thanks for any suggestions and help

brothertuck

[BipolarBill]

I found this:

http://www.hackinthebox.org/threadview.php?&topicid=52&forumid=4

[muchmark]

On some Toshiba laptops you can bypass the password by holding down the left shift key during boot up.

[bushmaster]

I assume you have tried entering no password at all and hitting enter ?? you would be suprised at how many people just leave it w/o a password.

[BipolarBill]

In my searching, I came up with what looked like a spec sheet and it said this:

password : clear

That could mean two things:

1. leave empty
2. type clear

I suspect it's the former, but what the hey?

[BipolarBill]

Our own ND found this one:

http://www.labmice.net/articles/BIOS_hack.htm

Sahweeeeet! :)