IBM Laptop BIOS Password

When you replace the motherboard.

Might be a better idea if you were to recreate the 'accident'.

Just how do you ACCIDENTALLY create a BIOS password? ;)

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But all is not lost.

These two links will give you some information on how to solve your problem:
http://tinyurl.com/5m5dne
http://tinyurl.com/6oua57

If you follow the instructions in those you should be able to go back and stop yourself before you accidently set the password.