MacBook Pro password

[Louismakai]

Hi I have just brought a Mac book pro on bay and the computer has a password which was not supplied and came with no operating disks have I wasted my money or is there any way around this I thought it was a bios but have been told it's called firmware.?

 

[LNCPapa]

That's an openfirmware password - To forcefully remove that password you have to do two things:
Add or remove DIMMs to change the total amount of RAM in the computer. Then reset the PRAM 3 times (Command + Option + P + R).

 

[Louismakai]

Sorry I'm a bit of a technophobe what are dims??

Sorry bit of a Mac technophobe what are DIMMS and where are hay found

 

[LNCPapa]

DIMMs are your memory modules - sometimes just called RAM sticks. On a MBP you'll have to unscrew a plate from the bottom of the laptop to access them - but please research the proper way to remove one before attempting it. There are videos on youtube that you can watch to see how. You will likely have only 2 DIMMs installed so only remove one of them and then reset the PRAM before reinstalling the DIMM.