Thinkpad BIOS password

This is from the Service and Troubleshooting Guide for the A22m:

"If you forgot your power-on password, you have to take your computer to an IBM reseller or marketing representative to have the password
canceled.

If you forgot your hard disk password, IBM will not reset your password or recover data from the hard disk. You must take your computer to an IBM
reseller or an IBM marketing representative to have the hard disk drive replaced. Proof of purchase is required, and an additional charge might be required for the service.

If you forgot your supervisor password, IBM will not reset your password. You must take your computer to an IBM reseller or IBM marketing
representative to have the system board replaced. Proof of purchase is required, and an additional charge might be required for the service."

While this this tends to make for a VERY secure notebook, it certainly makes it expensive if you forget passwords. If IBM can't (or won't) reset passwords (other than thepower-on password), chances are slim to none that there is a bonafide procedure available to reset it otherwise.

Your choices seem to be:
1. Dig out the soldering iron IF you know in fact which chip actually holds the supervisor password.
2. Come up with the bucks to replace your laptop's system board.
3. If you are in the habit of forgetting passwords (especially extremely important ones), Invest in a new laptop from a different vendor.

Isn't it great when you find out all the little secrets that are conveniently left out of the sales literature?