After few trials, I could successfully reset the supervisor password in my T430s. Some will point to Joe’s KeyMaker kit that costs at least 113 USD (98 plus 15 USD for shipping and handling).įortunately, there are some workarounds like this Reddit thread, David Zou’s post, this SuperUser’s thread, or this post, and many YouTube’s video like here or there. Searching around on the Internet, most of Lenovo forum experts will tell you that the only way is to get Lenovo replacing the mainboard due to security setting. You may just Enter with blank and can still get into BIOS but most of the options are grayed out to your dismay. You got supervisor password locked when you see this after pressing F1 to enter the BIOS at boot time. Without the correct supervisor password, I am not allowed to make any meaningful changes in the BIOS. I only noticed this issue when I tried unsuccessfully to alter the BIOS to UEFI mode in order to install and dual boot Windows and Ubuntu in UEFI. It turns out the seller (or his seller before that, as he claimed) had lost or could not retrieve the BIOS supervisor password. I was away when the seller delivered the laptop and thus unable to check anything right after receiving. I could be able to secure a second-hand Lenovo Thinkpad T430s on eBay for around 130 AUD, which is quite a decent price with CPU i5-3320M (2.6GHz), 4GB RAM, 14in 1600x900 LCD and its battery could last about two hours. After a while merely working with macOS and Linux, I have recently decided to have an additional Windows box for some Windows-specific tools and development.
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