RE: [Thinkpad] Error 174 on a ThinkPad 560 Question

> From: Nick Smith
>
> ThinkPad 560
> Pentium 120
> 24MB RAM
> 810MB HDD
> Windows 95 (OSR?)
> External FDD and CD
>
> A friend of mine has this 560 which has been working
> fine since she bought it a couple of years ago.
>
> The other night she installed IE 5.0, rebooted
> and it now no longer runs.
>
> It doesn't get as far as Windows and just says
> Error 174 - Device Configuration Error - and tells
> her to get the machine serviced!
>
> I would have thought that IE (as buggy and bloated as
> it is) is unlikely to generate a System Error ... or
> am I wrong?
>
> I've done some searching, both through the archives
> and through an IBM Hardware Maintainance Manuals
> (dated March 1997) but can't find any specific
> diagnosis instructions ...

This may not have anything to do with IE. A 174 error usually means that the
computer is not seeing the hard drive.

I'm not sure what the solution is, but try these searches for more
information:

http://www.google.com/search?q=thinkpad+%22174+error%22

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=thinkpad+%22174+error%22

-Mike

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Received on Thu May 29 10:26:22 2003