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Compaq 2010c system password

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cmonex Page Icon Posted 2005-10-11 9:43 AM
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ProgramSynthesiser - 2005-10-11 5:46 AM

Ugh. This is not a fun thing - it happened on my C once...when it was still alive.

Just use the unlock utility, it will do what you need. Hard resetting will not remove the lock..the point of the lock. It's really a dumb thing, if all your data is gone, why lock the device that way? I am glad that feature is not available on my 720.



yes it is so dumb........ makes no sense!! or maybe it is to prevent a thief from being able to use the hpc after a hard reset and/or sell it...

how many times did you have to try to unlock it?

anyway i don't use password protection, as it kills instant-on..
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ProgramSynthesiser Page Icon Posted 2005-10-11 2:05 PM
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First try....like it should..
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fragenmensch Page Icon Posted 2005-10-11 2:45 PM
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the charger polarity:
take a look at the downside of you compaq. there should be a polarity sign down of the voltage indicator.

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cmonex Page Icon Posted 2005-10-11 3:29 PM
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well that's exactly what i told him.. but according to him there's no polarity sign. i would like to see that unit lol


edit: thanks everyone, all problems solved (special thanks to Rich! )

Edited by cmonex 2005-10-11 3:36 PM
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Rich Hawley Page Icon Posted 2005-10-12 7:30 AM
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Just for the record...the 2010c takes the standard Ipaq power supply, 5V DC, center positive.

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Michel Page Icon Posted 2005-10-21 8:29 AM
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After an infinity of resets and reentering codes, I got a new message: magic number expired. Then it generated a new magic number, and presto: it worked.
Thanks for the tips.
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George Page Icon Posted 2005-10-28 12:09 AM
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Thanks Rich - exactly what I was looking for.
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thcrw739 Page Icon Posted 2005-10-28 10:35 AM
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I dont know for sure on the 2000 series, but on my Aero 8000 i had... it did the same thing...even after a hard reset it would keep the system password...Why?

Because there was a small amount of flash memory located in the unit somewhere....it only stored the data bases so when you did a hard reset all you user information was restored etc....I assume the 2000 series has this same thing.
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ken680428 Page Icon Posted 2022-02-10 5:57 PM
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Polarity is center pin is positive outer shield is negative. Requires 5V 2000mAh or more.
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