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type. Showing results for Search instead for Do you mean Users Online 154 Members / 4994 Guests English Community > ThinkPad Notebooks > ThinkPad Legacy Laptops - A, I, V, 300, 600, 700 and other prior series > Thinkpad 600 - Error codes 163 and 173 after CMOS ... All Forum Topics Previous Topic Next Topic Reply Topic options Subscribe to RSS Feed Mark Topic as New Mark Topic as Read Float this Topic to the Top Bookmark Subscribe Printer Friendly Page All Forum Topics Previous Topic Next Topic Topic options Subscribe to RSS Feed Mark Topic as New Mark Topic as Read Float this Topic to the Top Bookmark Subscribe Printer Friendly Page mimi1978 Fanfold Paper Posts: 7 Registered: 08-11-2012 Location: Slovakia Message 1 of 6 (7,109 Views) Thinkpad 600 - Error codes 163 and 173 after CMOS battery replacement Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 08-11-2012 04:00 PM My friend gave me a Thinkpad 600. Type: 2645350 S/N:55132RWConfiguration:CPU Pentium II 233 MHzRAM 288 MB (Internal 32 MB + 128 MB + 128 MB in expansion slots)HDD bay: 5 GB IBM HDDUltraslimbay: FDDWhen I switched on the Thinkpad first time I got error codes 161, 192 and 163. According to manual I should check the CMOS backup battery and I found out that CMOS backup batt
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This way you will get a faster, better response from the members on Motherboard Point. Thinkpad 600e - errors 173 & 163 Discussion http://www.motherboardpoint.com/threads/thinkpad-600e-errors-173-163.235171/ in 'IBM Thinkpad' started by Phil Schuman, Apr 22, 2004. Phil Schuman Guest My IBM Thinkpad 600e just started giving me the error screen - 173 / 163 Does the 173 error code probably imply http://www.stonetable.org/2005/06/28/reviving-dead-hardware-ibm-thinkpad-600/ that the cmos battery is going bad, even though I don't get the 161 error ? Phil Schuman, Apr 22, 2004 #1 Advertisements Bruce Markowitz Guest CMOS battery is dead . "Phil Schuman" ibm thinkpad <> wrote in message news:hcJhc.622$... > My IBM Thinkpad 600e just started giving me the error screen - 173 / 163 > Does the 173 error code probably imply that the cmos battery is going bad, > even though I don't get the 161 error ? > > Bruce Markowitz, Apr 22, 2004 #2 Advertisements Show Ignored Content Want to reply to this thread or ask your ibm thinkpad 600 own question? It takes just 2 minutes to sign up (and it's free!). Just click the sign up button to choose a username and then you can ask your own questions on the forum. Sign Up Now! Similar Threads Thinkpad 600e - errors 173 & 163 Phil Schuman, Apr 22, 2004, in forum: Laptops Replies: 1 Views: 537 Bruce Markowitz Apr 22, 2004 Thinkpad 600E- replacing CMOS battery does not fix 161/163 errors Life Guardian, Apr 23, 2006, in forum: Laptops Replies: 2 Views: 861 Bruce Markowitz Apr 24, 2006 193 173 Error codes on Thinkpad 600 boot--am I SOL? jazz, Sep 3, 2004, in forum: IBM Thinkpad Replies: 2 Views: 813 Joe Sep 6, 2004 Another Thinkpad 600x with 161 163 error , Sep 24, 2006, in forum: IBM Thinkpad Replies: 7 Views: 1,282 Sep 30, 2006 163,164 loosing time on 600e george, Nov 16, 2006, in forum: IBM Thinkpad Replies: 8 Views: 357 george Nov 19, 2006 Loading... Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in Welcome to Motherboard Point Welcome to Motherboard Point a friendly motherboard forum full of tech experts.. Please
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 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 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”