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I have been looking everywhere to try to fix this error I heard its a motherBoard Error but I dont know it seems Every time it gets hot the error does it and i have to turn it off for 12 hours or so then it will work again is there any patch out there or anyu directions that someone can give me so it will not do that please help out my aim is PBGUNZ35 Thanks

xXGUNZXx wrote:I have been looking everywhere to try to fix this error I heard its a motherBoard Error but I dont know it seems Every time it gets hot the error does it and i have to turn it off for 12 hours or so then it will work again is there any patch out there or anyu directions that someone can give me so it will not do that please help out my aim is PBGUNZ35 Thanks

You mean 8611.

Your keyboard needs to be replaced.

I Dont think that needs replaced nothing is wrong with it and also wouldnt it be like a motherboard problem is there any updtaes to fix this heard other people having this error and they were able to fix theres

The keyboard may work fine, but what about the trckpoint, My VERY first 600e had this problem, and the trackpoint wasen't working right, if you can find out how to disable it, then your good to go with a PS/2 mouse,
good luck.

You can try diabling the track point in IBM setup -- hold F1 while booting. Another idea -- try an external keyboard and see if that helps. IIRC the computer will default to an external KB if one is present... but I could be wrong there.

If I'm reading this right in the Hardware Maintenance Manual, it is the pointing device causing the error.

Yeah that's what i said reseat the keyboard plugs befor you buy another keyboard, make sure they are clean.

You can try diabling the track point in IBM setup -- hold F1 while booting. Another idea -- try an external keyboard and see if that helps. IIRC the computer will default to an external KB if one is present... but I could be wrong there.

I don't think so, I haven't seen anything that allows you to disable the trackpoint but I am sure there's a way to do it from the BIOS hex editor. I remember my track point would only move sideways.
new keyboard

The OP didn't say what machine this is, but in the 600X there is an option to disable the trackpoint completely.

This laptop needs a new keyboard.

Well is there any site i can find these keyboards at to buy these for cheap or were at please help thanks

Starting at the following link, enter the information for your ThinkPad, then you can get to a page for downloading the Hardware Maintenance Manual for your laptop. In there, you will find the part number for anything you need to replace. Search ebay.com pricegrabber.com or google.com just by typing in the part number in the search box. You should be able to find what you need at a good price.

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.ws ... date=false

GomJabbar wrote:Starting at the following link, enter the information for your ThinkPad, then you can get to a page for downloading the Hardware Maintenance Manual for your laptop.

Or he could just go look at item #8 in the FAQ...