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Error codes apearing at boot-up
Name: geekae Date: May 11, 2007 at 16:29:50 Pacific OS: windows98 CPU/Ram: 64mg Product: ibm 380XD Thinkpad
Comment:
Whenever I try booting up my thinkpad the following error codes appears: 0161 08613 00163
Name: cliffpage Date: May 12, 2007 at 13:14:04 Pacific
Reply:
so the first thing to do would seem to be replacing the cmos battery.like this: http://www.amazon.com/IBM-ThinkPad-... I had to replce one of these, i found that the battery was a CR2032 (fairly common) with wires fixed to it, so I bought a cr2032 and cut the wires off the old one and soldered to the new one. Solder does not take well to these batteries unless you scratch the surface to get the solder to 'stick' to it. I then wrapped electrical insulation tape around it. On that laptop the battery was under the cover where the ram is, kind of tucked under the edge out of the way. Don't know if yours will be the same.
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