Lenovo ThinkPad i Series 1157 ThinkPad 570 User's Reference - Page 185

Message, Cause and action, Exit Saving, Changes, Restart, Enter, using the BIOS Setup Utility.

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Troubleshooting charts Message 0252 (password checksum bad) 0260 (system timer error) 0270 (real time clock error) 0271 (date and time error) 0280 (previous boot incomplete) 02D0 (system cache error) 02F4 (EISA CMOS not writeable) 02F5 (DMA test failed) 02F6 (software NMI failed) 02F7 (fail-safe timer NMI failed) The power-on password prompt Cause and action The password you have set is cleared. Run the BIOS Setup Utility to set the password. Have the computer serviced. Have the computer serviced. Neither the date nor the time is set in the computer. Set the date and time using the BIOS Setup Utility. Your computer was previously unable to complete the boot process. Power the computer off; then power it on to start the BIOS Setup Utility. Verify the configuration and then restart the computer by using the Exit Saving Changes option under the Restart item or by pressing PF10. If you still have a problem, have the computer serviced. The cache is disabled. Have the computer serviced. Have the computer serviced. Have the computer serviced. Have the computer serviced. Have the computer serviced. A power-on password or supervisor password is set. Type the correct password and press Enter to use the computer (see page 147). 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. Chapter 4. Solving computer problems 169

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Troubleshooting charts
Message
Cause and action
0252
(password checksum bad)
The password you have set is cleared.
Run the BIOS Setup Utility to set the
password.
0260
(system timer error)
Have the computer serviced.
0270
(real time clock error)
Have the computer serviced.
0271
(date and time error)
Neither the date nor the time is set in the computer.
Set the date and time
using the BIOS Setup Utility.
0280
(previous boot incomplete)
Your computer was previously unable to complete the boot process.
Power the computer off; then power it on to start the BIOS Setup Utility.
Verify
the configuration and then restart the computer by using the
Exit Saving
Changes
option under the
Restart
item or by pressing
PF10
.
If you still have a problem, have the computer serviced.
02D0
(system cache error)
The cache is disabled.
Have the computer serviced.
02F4
(EISA CMOS not
writeable)
Have the computer serviced.
02F5
(DMA test failed)
Have the computer serviced.
02F6
(software NMI failed)
Have the computer serviced.
02F7
(fail-safe timer NMI failed)
Have the computer serviced.
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 147).
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.
Chapter 4.
Solving computer problems
169