Ibm Thinkpad 600 Error 192
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for further replies. bahjan Registered Member Joined: May 18, 2007 Posts: 63 Location: U.K. I have a thinkpad 600e laptop and a few days ago on booting up thinkpad 600 cmos battery I got an unexpected 192 error, two bleeps and booted into IBM Test screen.
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Gives options to test or reboot. If you press test, there are the following errors on the systemboard: DEV 001 ERR 91 Fru 3610 Which is basically IBM speak for 'What the??' Don't panic and think it has to be the systemboard. It's probably the cmos battery needing replaced. This is a backup battery which keeps the system clock in time. Yes, an out of time clock on your desktop can mean you have a virus, so it's worth doing a through scan, but in most cases it's a dying cmos battery. They should be 3 volts, so if you test your existing battery with a volt meter and it's low, better get a new one. New batteries are very cheap and in fact if you have the ability any lithium battery CR2025 should work in a 600e - a guide to how to fit these are on the web, but there's a good discussion of www.stonetable.org. If you can on boot up press F1 which should take you to the bios screen to check/adjust the internal date/clock, but it probably won't work with the 192 error, but once you've fitted a new battery do this and make sure the time/date is correct. Nevertheless, as my battery was not totally dead, I could force the IBM to boot into windows from the IBM Test screen by pressing 'reboot' and then pressing F1. Don't know why, but the laptop would then go into scan disk mode, perform a scan then boot up. I have to adjust the clock time, but once booted, the system works fine, with no errors. Odd, but okay while I'm waiting for a new battery to arrive. bahjan, Oct 15, 2008 #1 (You must log in or sign up to reply here.) Show Ignored Content Loading... Similar Threads Can Wi-Fi and LTE-U live together? The tests are ready ronjor, Sep 21, 2016 Replies: 0 Views: 102
on June 28, 2005 by Adam I had an old IBM Thinkpad that I bought used at a local computer show for Dena. A Pentium II 233Mhz with a 5G hard drive and 192M of PC100 RAM. Not exactly high end but hey, it's a Thinkpad and it was fairly cheap. After she got her Powerbook I installed Debian on it and used it as a backup laptop. A buddy of mine needed a machine for a while so I lent him the Thinkpad. I eventually got it back a year or so later but it wouldn't boot. Instead it greeted me with the BIOS error code "161, 192, 163″, which is computer speak for "What the fuck, I can't remember who or what I am." I did a little googling and found that this Thinkpad uses a very standard battery for CMOS, the http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/tip-ibm-thinkpad-192-error-2-bleep-test-screen.222763/ CR2025, which can be bought damn near anywhere. I picked one up at Radio Shack for under $3.50 with tax. Getting to the BIOS battery is painfully easy. Remove the cover housing the memory and pull the top piece of memory. You might be able to work around it but why bother. From there, you can disconnect the battery lead and pull it free. It's just sitting there waiting for attention. The guy at Radio Shack was in awe of the yellowness of the battery. Apparently he's http://www.stonetable.org/2005/06/28/reviving-dead-hardware-ibm-thinkpad-600/ unfamiliar with modern marvels such as "shrink-wrapped plastic". In any case, we'll be cutting off the plastic coating shortly. Cut away the plastic coating. The negative and positive leads are stamped into the surface of the battery so you have to pry them off carefully. I used the flat blade of a screwdriver to work the lead away from the battery. Putting it back together is a bit of a cheap hack but it seems to work well enough. I cut small strips of electrical tape to secure the leads to the battery. I made sure to wrap the exposed leads to the wire so that there is no chance of them coming into contact with each other or anything else metallic in the case. Then I wrapped the entire thing for safe measure. Putting the battery back in place is easy, just reverse the process. Tighten it up and you're ready to go. The first time you power it up you'll get another BIOS error code, this one telling you that you need to set the date/time. It's an ugly screen but it works. This quick and simple hack has given this old Thinkpad a new life. Armed with a fresh install of Ubuntu and a wireless card, I'll be rigging this up as a semi-permanent member of my wardriving setup. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Technology by Adam. Bookmark the permalink. 88 thoughts on “Reviving dead hardware: IBM Thinkpad 600” Comment navigation ← Older Comments Dragontamer257 on February 10, 2007 at 8:20 pm said:
our mobile theme. If CTH has helped you, please consider liking and sharing us on Facebook Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Go to Page... Topic Tools #1 July 25th, 2004, 06:14 AM myhayk New Member Join Date: Jul 2004 O/S: Windows XP Pro Location: TX Posts: http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44489 7 IBM ThinkPad 600 192 Error Hello, maybe some of you had this error before. It's a 192 Error on my ThinkPad 600 old notebook. This is supposed to be a system fan error, but i'm not sure about it. Please reply if you know more about this, if you had a similar problem. Thank you. Mihai myhayk View Public Profile Find all posts by myhayk #2 July 26th, 2004, 02:58 AM Dodge CTH Subscriber Join Date: May 2001 O/S: Windows Vista 32-bit Location: Kentucky Age: 40 Posts: ibm thinkpad 6,420 Definately a cooling fan error. You should take this to an authorized repair shop and have them to fix it. (just my advice though) Here is IBM error code page. IBM errors Dodge View Public Profile Visit Dodge's homepage! Find all posts by Dodge #3 August 16th, 2004, 06:53 AM MarkH New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1 Actually... Quote: Originally Posted by myhayk Hello, maybe some of you had this error before. It's a 192 Error on my ThinkPad 600 old notebook. This is supposed to ibm thinkpad 600 be a system fan error, but i'm not sure about it. Please reply if you know more about this, if you had a similar problem. Thank you. Mihai Error 192 could be due to three main things: 1. CMOS battery flat. 2. Cooling fan stuck/faulty. 3. Main board fault. Do you also get any other errors, eg., 161 or 163? If so, then the problem is very likely a dead CMOS battery (I just replaced the one on my old thinkpad 600 by coincidence :-). If not, see if the cooling fan is clogged with junk, and try cleaning it. Failing these two, it's time to take it to a servicing centre - they might just need to relace the fan if you are lucky ;-) Cheers, Mark MarkH View Public Profile Find all posts by MarkH #4 December 30th, 2005, 08:33 PM myhayk New Member Join Date: Jul 2004 O/S: Windows XP Pro Location: TX Posts: 7 CMOS Batery Sorry for taking my time to reply here but thank you so much for the advice. Could you please tell me what batter do they have so I can buy it before I actually open the laptop? Is it however, hard to change ot you just take the keyboad off? Mihai myhayk View Public Profile Find all posts by myhayk Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google « Previous Topic | Next Topic » Topic Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies ar