This one time, at band camp, Ionel Mugurel Ciobica said: > > Dear all, > > My Sony Vaio FX401 laptop was stolen. I was insured so I can buy an > other one. The closest to it I can find is Sony Vaio FX701. Does someone > have this model? I don't understand about the modem (56K V90 modem) if > it is the same like to one I had in the FX401? That one was a Conexant > modem. Don't know about this one. > P.S. I had password in Bios, password in lilo, etc. Can those people > still use my laptop? To boot with a floppy or a CD they needed to reset > the bios. They can always pull the hard drive to look at it's contents. Failing that, there is usually a jumper on the motherboard to reset it to it's factory defaults, and that would clear the BIOS password. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Steve -- Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck!
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