<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></head><body><div data-crea="font-wrapper" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16px; direction: ltr"><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16px"></div>On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 00:09, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell@gmail.com> wrote:<div><br><div>> Did you open the case and unplug/disconnect the motherboard battery?</div><div><br></div><div>I know that that trick *can* work on many laptops (not all). I am saving that attempt as the very last, because, a) I would be very surprised is such a dumb trick were enough to bypass TPM, at least on that laptop, which b) as I said, "is a [rugged] GETAC M230, never seen something so though. Could last 30 more years". It's doable of course, but being surely more hassle than with ordinary laptops, I would like to be sure there is no other way.</div><div><br></div><div>Marco<br></div></div></div></body></html>