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Attention: If the user Nvme password has been forgotten, check whether a admin Nvme password has
been set. If it has, it can be used for access to the storage drive. If no admin Nvme password is available,
neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any services to reset either the user or the
admin Nvme password, or to recover data from the storage drive. The storage drive can be replaced for a
scheduled fee.
For how to remove the Nvme password, see "How to remove the Nvme password" on page 33.
Supervisor password
The supervisor password protects the system information stored in the ThinkPad Setup program. It provides
the following security features:
• If only a supervisor password is set, a password prompt is displayed when you try to start the ThinkPad
Setup program. Unauthorized users cannot change most of the system configuration options in the
ThinkPad Setup program without the password.
• The system administrator can use the supervisor password to access a computer even if the user of that
computer has set a power-on password. The supervisor password overrides the power-on password.
• The system administrator can set the same supervisor password on many ThinkPad notebook computers
to make administration easier.
Attention: If the supervisor password has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the service
technician, there is no service procedure to reset the password. The system board must be replaced for a
scheduled fee.
System management password
The system management password can also protect the system information stored in UEFI BIOS like a
supervisor password, but it has lower authority by default. The system management password can be set
through the UEFI BIOS menu or through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) with the Lenovo
client-management interface.
You can enable the system management password to have the same authority as the supervisor password
to control security related features. To customize the authority of the system management password through
the UEFI BIOS menu:
1. Enter the UEFI BIOS menu.
2. Select Security ➙ Password ➙ System Management Password Access Control.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
If you have set both the supervisor password and the system management password, the supervisor
password overrides the system management password. If you have set both the system management
password and the power-on password, the system management password overrides the power-on
password.
How to remove the power-on password
To remove a power-on password, do the following:
If no supervisor password has been set, do the following to remove the power-on password:
1. Turn off the computer and disconnect ac power.
2. Disable the built-in battery. See "Disabling the built-in battery" on page 66.
3. Remove the base cover assembly. See "1010 Base cover assembly" on page 67.
4. Remove the built-in battery. See "1020 Built-in battery" on page 68.
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