a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

[lordrussell]

Greeting folks...

Well, in true old fart fashion, it seems I have a client who put a boot lock (padlock on the initial boot screen) on his ancient Macbook. I've done the forum search & Google Ranger attack & have found nothing with regard to working/clean bios to redo the job.

The original offloaded bios is attached. Hopefully, one of you code-reading/writing Gods can figure this one out for me.

Thank you so much in advance. I just know there are many of you folks that just love 15 year old tech. (sarcasm, It drives me nuts having to re-learn everything. I swear I'm losing childhood memories...)

[peste]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Greeting folks...

Well, in true old fart fashion, it seems I have a client who put a boot lock (padlock on the initial boot screen) on his ancient Macbook. I've done the forum search & Google Ranger attack & have found nothing with regard to working/clean bios to redo the job.

The original offloaded bios is attached. Hopefully, one of you code-reading/writing Gods can figure this one out for me.

Thank you so much in advance. I just know there are many of you folks that just love 15 year old tech. (sarcasm, It drives me nuts having to re-learn everything. I swear I'm losing childhood memories...)

try this..

Change the RAM memory configuration (add or remove a RAM memory) and reset the PRAM three times in a row...

[lordrussell]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Thanks a bunch peste, I'll give it a try & report back here in a bit

[lordrussell]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Hey peste,

Did as you recommended & that's a no-go at this station.

I'm kinda open to absurd sollutions at this point...

[peste]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Hey peste,

Did as you recommended & that's a no-go at this station.

I'm kinda open to absurd sollutions at this point...

see if you still have a bios chip on the board and post the content here

[lordrussell]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Peste

I have the original bios uploaded on my original post. I'll attach here again in case that didn't work.

Thanks again for your help

[alfredposadas09]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

try this and update me

[lordrussell]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Thank you alfredposadas09, I'll get word back to you ASAP.

[lordrussell]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Hey alfred... just did the install & it didn't work for me. Have you got another rabbit in your hat?

Thank you

[lordrussell]

Re: a1342 820-2567-A bios lock removal

Hey folks

I never got another response to this post that physically worked, so I went through another avenue & got this one that is completely clear and free.

THE ONLY THING IS - YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR SERIAL NUMBER using your favorite hax editor.

I know some other folks out there have been looking for this bios in particular.

It is literally for the A1342, 820-2567-A (notice the "A" in there). This, obviously, won't work on the same year Pro & to my knowledgeDoesn't work for the 820-2567 (no "A").

I hope this helps somebody.