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Up Your TP Model TP HM Manuals Making probes Soldering to EEPROM 390 390E 390X 600 600e 600x A20 A21 A22 m/p A30 A30p A31 A31p R31 R32 R40 R50 and R51 R52 R60 R61 R61i R400 T20 T21 T22 T23 T30 T40/p T41/p T42/p T400 T43 T43p T60 T60p T61 T61p T500 W500 X200 X200T X30 X300 X31 X41 X60 X60s X61 X61s X61t Z60
X300 EEPROM you treat it as LSI
---------X300 Password recovery procedure ---------- 

The following steps requires CARE read all the information first, before you do ANYTHING, get a feel for the overall procedure, ONLY THEN start to follow the procedure.

Locating the X300 connection points

Switch the X300 OFF.

You should have downloaded the hardware Maintenance Manual already, if you have not done so,

Click on the hyperlink below to download the PDF file containing the X300 Hardware Maintenance Manual, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the manual, Adobe Acrobat is FREE and can be obtained here -> Adobe Downloads once you have downloaded the files, close the browser window to return to this page.

Hardware Maintenance Manual - ThinkPad X300

It is best to Right Click on the link above then Save "Target as" that way you will have a copy of the PDF file on your PC.

You need to remove the RAM cover

Remove the RAM from SLOT 1, make sure there is RAM in SLOT 2r

Overall view of the 3 contact points

 

VERY CAREFULLY using a sharp blade such as Xacto or a box cutter blade - scrape away the green coating from the points labelled SDA SCL.

Also scrape away any film coating from the point labelled GND

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