[rescue] RS/6000 320 key needed

[Dave McGuire]

   Update here, one of our guys was able to get it open.  He was able to 
twiddle the front cover a bit, just enough to free the latch.

   So now the battery has been replaced, but of course the CRC in the 
NVRAM is bad, which requires a service mode boot to rewrite.  It's a 
three-position switch with five wires; four would've made it a 
no-brainer.  So now we'll try to figure out how to remove the pins from 
the lock, and/or try to figure out the pinout of the switch to jumper it 
for service mode.

              -Dave

On 8/13/25 14:30, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> Mostly just pry near the lock between the front and top cover. I'm not
> sure if you can do it without marring the plastic, but it's doable
> given some tweaking.
> 
> Pat
> 
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM Dave McGuire via rescue
> <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/13/25 09:40, Patrick Finnegan via rescue wrote:
>>> Yeah, they're unique per machine.
>>
>>     Damn, that's almost unbelievable that they'd do that on such a
>> high-production-volume machine.  How incredibly frustrating.
>>
>>> The best option is to pull the lock apart and remove the pins, so
>>> anything can turn it. Thanks to the plastic cover, it's not too hard to
>>> get into even with the lock in "secure".
>>
>>     I was able to get the rear of the top cover off of the pins, but I
>> can't seem to get past the locked part.  It's in "secure".  What's the
>> trick?  I really don't want to damage this machine; it is otherwise like
>> new.
>>
>>                -Dave
>>
>> --
>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> New Kensington, PA
>>
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA