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IBM error fault code

As an IBM User,we will meet the laptop break down some time.
we don’t know what to do,because we don’t know which parts is break.
now, i tell you the mean of IBM error code,so you can find where the question arises.
if you alway concerned our blog,you will become a proficient in laptop parts

Symptom / Error ,FRU / Action in Sequence=
10X
101: Interrupt failure；
102: Timer failure；
103: Timer interrupt failure；
104: Protected mode failure；
105: Last 8042 command not accepted；
107: NMI test failure；
108: Timer bus test failure.
109: Low meg-chip select test. 1. System board.
110 : (Planar parity.) 1. Go to Memory Checkout 2. DIMM card.
3. Detach the expansion unit if it is attached to the computer.4. laptop motherboard.
111: (I/O parity.) 1. Go to Memory Checkout2. Expansion unit or port replicator.
3. System board.
11XX
1101: Serial_A test failure. 1. Serial device
2. Communication cable 3. System board
12XX
1201: Serial_B test failure. 1. System board (infrared)
158 : (Hard disk password was not set even though the supervisor password is set.) （ 1. Set the password for hard disk drive.
159 : (Hard disk password is not set the same as the supervisor password.) 1. Set the correct password for hard disk drive.
161: (Dead battery. 1. Go to Checking the Backup Battery
2. Backup battery.3. System board.
163: (Time and date were not set. 1. Set time and date. 2. laptop motherboard.
173: (Configuration data was lost.) 1. Select OK in the err
or screen; then set the time and date.
2. Backup battery. 3. System board.
174: (Configuration error: Perform Checking the Installed Devices List before changin
g any FRUs.) 1. Check device configuration.2. Hard disk drive assembly.
3. System board.
175
177
2. Diskette drive assembly. 3. Diskette. 4. System board.
602: (Diskette read error.)； 1. Go to Diskette Drive Checkout2. Diskette.
3. Diskette drive assembly.
604: (Unacceptable ID was read from the diskette drive.)； 1. Go to Diskette Drive Ch
eckout2. Diskette drive assembly.3. System board.
2402 1. TV Out Card 24XX
(2401: System board video error.) ； 1. System board. 808X
8081: PCMCIA presence test failure.(PCMCIA revision number also checked.)
8082: PCMCIA register test failure. 1. PC Card slot assembly.2. PCMCIA device.
3. System board. 860X(Pointing device error when TrackPoint is disabled.)
；8601: System bus error-8042 mouse interface.
8602: External mouse error.；
8603: System bus error or mouse error. ； 1. External mouse. ；
2. External keyboard. ；3. System board.；
861X
(Pointing device error when TrackPoint is enabled.)；
8611: System bus error-I/F between 8042 and IPDC.
8612: TrackPoint error.
8613: System board or TrackPoint error. 1. Reseat the keyboard cable on the sub
card.；2. Keyboard ；3. External mouse ；
4. Sub card ；5. System board ；I9990301I9990302I9990305
I9990301: Hard disk error. ；
I9990302: Invalid hard disk boot record.；
I9990305: No bootable device. ； 1. Check that the opera
ting system is installed in the hard disk drive. If not, install the operating sy
stem.；2. Reseat the boot device.
3. Check the startup sequence for the correct boot device.；
4. Check that the operating system has no failure and is installed correctly.；
I9990303(Bank-2 flash ROM check sum error.) 1. System board.
Other codes not listed above. 1. Go to Undetermined Problems
178175: EEPROM CRC #1 error.
177: Supervisor password check sum error.
178: EEPROM is not functional. 1. System board.
17XX
1701: Hard disk controller failure.
1780, 1790: Hard disk 0 error.
1781, 1791: Hard disk 1 error. 1. Hard disk drive
2. System board
183 : (Incorrect password entered at the supervisor password prompt.) 1. Have the user examine the password.
184: (Power-on password check sum error.) 1. Reset the power-on
password in Easy-Setup.
185: (The startup sequence is not valid. Suspect that power was off when the startup
sequence was being updated.) 1
. Reset the startup sequence in Easy-Setup.
186 :1. System board. 190:(A depleted battery pack was installed when the power was on.) 1. Go to Checking the Battery Pack.
191XX: (PM initialization error.) 1. laptop motherboard.
192: (Fan error.) 1. Measure the voltage of the backup battery. If the voltage is not correct, replace the backup battery. 2. Fan 3. System board
195: (The configuration read from the hibernation area does not match the actual conf
iguration.) 1. Check if the config
uration was changed. For example, check if the DIMM card is added.

196: (A read error occurred in the hibernation area of the hard disk drive.)
1. Run the hard disk drive test.
2. Hard disk drive. 199XX(Resume error.) 1. System board.
1XX 1. System board. 2XX 201: Memory data error.
202: Memory line error 00-15.203: Memory line error 16-23.
205: Memory test failure on on-boardmemory.
221: ROM to RAM remap error. 1. Go to Memory Checkout.2. DIMM card.
3. System board. 225
(Unsupported memory module.) 1. Check if the supported DIMM is installed.
2. DIMM card.3. laptop motherboard.
301, 303, 304, 305, 3XX

(301: Keyboard error.) 1. Go to Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device

Checkout
2. Keyboard.3. External numeric keypad.4. External laptop keyboard.
5. Keyboard/mouse cable.6. System board.
601, 6XX
(601: Diskette drive or controller error.)
1. Go to Diskette Drive Checkout.