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Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42 Troubleshooting Charts Message 30x (keyboard error) Diskette and F1 prompts F1 F2 F10 A 163 error appears and then the Date and Time window appears. 1996 .12.31 Year Month Day 23:59:59 Hour Month Second The power-on password prompt Action Make sure that no object is placed on the keyboard or on the external keyboard, if you have one. Power off the computer and power off all attached devices. Power on the computer first; then power on the attached devices. If you still have a problem, do the following: If an external keyboard is connected, do the following: - Turn off the computer and disconnect the external keyboard; then turn on the computer. Make sure that your keyboard operation is correct. If it is, have the external keyboard serviced. - Make sure that the external keyboard is connected to the correct connector. Test the computer by selecting the Start icon in the Easy-Setup "Test" submenu. - If the computer stops during the test, have the computer serviced. Make sure that the self-starting diskette is inserted correctly (with the label facing up and metal-shutter end first) in the diskette drive. If it is, press F1. If both prompts remain, have the computer serviced. Neither the date nor the time is set in the computer. Set the date and time by typing or clicking on or to set the values; then click on OK. When both the power-on password and supervisor password are set, do the following: 1. Power on the computer. The password prompt appears after the error code. 2. Type the supervisor password, not the power-on password. An error window appears. 3. Click on OK or press Enter. 4. Set the time and date on the next window; then press Enter. The system restarts. A power-on password or supervisor password is set. Type the correct password and press Enter to use the computer (see page 88). If the power-on password is not accepted, a supervisor password might have been set. Type the supervisor password and press Enter. If you still have a problem, have the computer serviced. 120 IBM ThinkPad 600 User's Reference

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Troubleshooting Charts
Message
Action
30
x
(keyboard error)
Make sure that no object is placed on the keyboard or on the external keyboard,
if you have one.
Power off the computer and power off all attached devices.
Power on the computer first; then power on the attached devices.
If you still have a problem, do the following:
If an external keyboard is connected, do the following:
–
Turn off the computer and disconnect the external keyboard; then turn
on the computer.
Make sure that your keyboard operation is correct.
If
it is, have the external keyboard serviced.
–
Make sure that the external keyboard is connected to the correct
connector.
Test the computer by selecting the
Start
icon in the Easy-Setup “Test”
submenu.
–
If the computer stops during the test, have the computer serviced.
Diskette
and
F1
prompts
F2
F10
F1
Make sure that the self-starting diskette is inserted correctly (with the label
facing up and metal-shutter end first) in the diskette drive.
If it is, press
F1
.
If both prompts remain, have the computer serviced.
A
163
error appears and
then the
Date and Time
window appears.
.12.31
23:59:59
Month
Day
Hour
Month
Second
Year
1996
1996
Neither the date nor the time is set in the computer.
Set the date and time by typing or clicking on
or
to set the values; then
click on
OK
.
When both the power-on password and supervisor password are set, do the
following:
1. Power on the computer.
The password prompt appears after the error code.
2. Type the supervisor password, not the power-on password.
An error window appears.
3. Click on
OK
or press
Enter
.
4. Set the time and date on the next window; then press
Enter
.
The system restarts.
The power-on password
prompt
A power-on password or supervisor password is set.
Type the correct password
and press
Enter
to use the computer (see page 88).
If the power-on password is not accepted, a supervisor password might have
been set.
Type the supervisor password and press
Enter
.
If you still have a problem, have the computer serviced.
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IBM ThinkPad 600 User's Reference
Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42