Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad 600E (2645-45U) failure

It was the CMOS battery. He had the classic 161 173 errors on start up
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schumann" <chris@idlelion.net>
To: "'Philip Kiff'" <pkiff@sympatico.ca>; <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad 600E (2645-45U) failure

> > On Behalf Of Philip Kiff
> > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 6:21 PM
>
> > Jerry Garren wrote:
> > > My 60E [600E] fails at startup.
> > >
> > > Running diagnostics gives:
> > > BOOT ERROR
> > > check of systemboard gives:
> > > DEV001
> > > ERR 96
> > > FRU 1810
> > >
> > > Where do I look to decipher this?
> >
> > Look in the Hardware Maintenance Manual. I don't have the
> > link for the 600E manual handy but you should be able to find
> > it on the Lenovo site.
>
> 600/600E HMM: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/09n1033.pdf
>
> > An explanation of deciphering these codes should appear in
> > the "Running the Diagnostics" section.
>
> From the 600/E HMM, DEV 001 is the system board.
> FRU 18 is the modem, and 10 is the system board.
>
> As Bruce wrote, it might be good to know just what the failure is if you
> don't try to get into EZSetup.
>
> If there is a problem with the modem, you should be able to run with it
> removed.
>
> Chris
>
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