What are 560 codes 08611 00174?

[John H]

My old 560 has returned from distant places and exhibits 08611 and 00174 in boot.

I suspect the little battery. I've been told that the screen displays lots of yellow stripes, So maybe I need a new LCD. But I haven't seen a LCD defect yet. Looks like I can find an LCD easy and cheap on ebay when the time comes.

[rkawakami]

You can download the appropriate Hardware Maintenance Manual for your system (560, 560X or 560Z; in three different manuals) from here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 39298.html

8611 error code generally refers to a trackpoint which has become stuck (always moving in a certain direction). The 174 error might be due to the trackpoint or some other problem. You are correct to suspect the CMOS (backup) battery. It should be checked with a voltmeter or swapped out with a fresh battery if no meter is available. You should also be able to access the Easy-Setup test menu (press and hold the F1 key while powering up) which will allow you to check some of the hardware in your system.

[John H]

thanks for the HMM reference.

Looks like it's basically connectors that need to be reseated in the keyboard and the memory. maybe LCD, too.

I think it'll shape up good once I open it and clean it up.

[John H]

Opened it up, cleaned up the connectors and reseated them. New battery. That got rid of the error codes. Now I have a balky 4GB HDD, so I'll pull it out again and copy the data over to a newer HDD using another computer, like this T40, that has USB ports.

The old 560 is pretty nice, and I'm looking forward to having it running again.