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Lenovo ThinkPad x130e. These Education Series ThinkPads are lower spec than standard models.

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bios how do I take it off student?

My bios has been changed to where I can't even change the clock time. What can I press to get it back to normal/?

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You don't, and can't. The SVP is encrypted on the EC (which is its on a dedicated ATMEL chip with dedicated firmware) and cannot be broken like the old ThinkPads (XX30-390E) where shorting 2 lines or using a special tool on the ATMEL chip did the job to force it into a default state or let you clear it by resetting the security because it was disabled and assumed correct. That loophole ended with Intel Boot Guard (HSW-present, basically 2012+ is locked down) and proper BIOS signing on AMD models, or AMD PSB.

The only way to remove the password now is to replace the motherboard. Unless you can somehow completely reflash the EC without upsetting the private key set by Intel for the Lenovo BIOS or upsetting the BIOS checksum on non-PSB AMD machines/AMD PSB BIOS private key not much can be done now. It's on the EC NVRAM, which can't be reset by force like the older BIOSes. Lenovo pulled a North Korea off on their BIOS password security and is no longer a meme level bypass.

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