Need help have a 8611 error

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Need help have a 8611 error

#1 Post by xXGUNZXx » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:29 am

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

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#2 Post by Laptop_wizard » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:33 am

theirs a way to get into the cmos hex editor, where you can disavle stuff.
go to config in the easy setup menu and hit control+d i have no idea wich byte to change. do some searching around. 8)

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#3 Post by whizkid » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:43 pm

8611 means your TrackPoint is failing. You'll need a new keyboard assembly soon.
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