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Thinkpad 600 Errors...
Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 10:49 am
by warthog
I've got a laptop, IBM Thinkpad 600 and it keeps coming up with these
errors:
The Error codes are
173
192
163
but when I set the time again it works ok!
I've replaced the main battery as the old on was dead.
Should I get a bios update or is it something else?
Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 11:00 am
by mdbrown
Your cmos battery is dead. I can't remember exactly where it's at on the 600 anymore but I think it's underneath where the memory is at. It's a small lithium battery with a couple of wires soldered to it. The errors are telling you that your date and time are wrong and the third one is telling you your cmos settings are wrong.
Check ebay, I see the cmos batteries on there all the time fairly cheap.
Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 12:04 pm
by sktn77a
Dead CMOS battery. $20 shipped, from IBM. Beware the ones for sale on e-bay - most of them are used and may be little better than your existing one.
Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 1:17 pm
by warthog-uk
sktn77a wrote:Dead CMOS battery. $20 shipped, from IBM. Beware the ones for sale on e-bay - most of them are used and may be little better than your existing one.
Thanks for that guys! niceone. Have a beeronme!
Re: Thinkpad 600 Errors...
Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 1:20 pm
by warthog
Would i be able touse a battery from a normal motherboard and attach the wires on to it?
600E Startup
Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 1:13 pm
by Bruce Guttman
Using a "regular" battery:
The answer is an unconditional "maybe".
The 600 CMOS battery is a coin cell soldered to a set of leads. I have heard of people using regular coin cells and others not being so lucky. Depends on whether you can force good contact from the coin cell to the leads you salvaged from the old battery.
If you try to use a different battery, it may not fit inside the case.
If the battery is not 3.0 volts, it won't work. If it is over 3.2 volts you may cause damage.
I think you can get a battery for a lot less than $20 from Radio Shack (or equivalent).
Hope this helps.
Here is the cheapest way to fix the CMOS issue
Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 8:05 pm
by junk_mail_04@comcast.net
Goto to Radio Shack, purchase 1. CR2025 ($3.30), 2. shrink tape $2.00. Shank tape comes in a package and there should be one that will fix over the battery.
1. Remove old CMOS battery from the yellow seal.
2. Carefully remove the terminal off the old battery.
3. Place the new battery in the heat shrink tape
4. Place the terminal on each side of the new battery (Make sure you match up the (+) and (-) )
5. Use a blow drier and heat up the tape and it should shrink and make a pretty good connection.
I've done this on 4 machines already and it works beautifully. For a more solid connection you could solider the terminal.
Hope it helps.