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Name: dongpedroza
Date: October 31, 2005 at 06:34:37 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E
OS: WIN XP
CPU/Ram: Pentium II

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My laptop displayed a message 163 and 173. I know it's got to do with System date and Time. According to instructions to press and hold down the F1 key then boot up, still I couldn't get in to the cmos setup utility. Is there any other way to solve this problem? Please Help me.
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Response Number 1

Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: October 31, 2005 at 06:53:14 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E

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From http://members.cox.net/joemurphy/setup.htm:

IBM ThinkPad:
ThinkPad using IBM BIOS (Early Models):
Press CTRL-ALT-INS when cursor is in upper-right corner of screen
ThinkPad using IBM BIOS (Later Models):
Press and hold F1 key while powering-up laptop
ThinkPad using Phoenix BIOS:
Press CTRL-ALT-F11 from DOS prompt
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Response Number 2

Name: plainandsimple
Date: October 31, 2005 at 07:04:01 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E

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IBM surprisingly have the details you require:
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=YAST-3JWKJX

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Response Number 3

Name: name
Date: October 31, 2005 at 10:12:06 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E

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I have a 600X---on the later models,
START WITH THE MACHINE OFF
HOLD and CONTINUE TO HOLD "F1"

WHILE STILL HOLDING "F1" TURN ON THE MACHINE
AND
CONTINUE TO HOLD "F1"
I'll guarantee you, that it will go into bios, you'll get a green and white screen.

You may have a dead or dying bios battery. go to www.ibm.com, find and download the user manual AND the "hardware maintenance manual."

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Response Number 4

Name: Zenith
Date: October 31, 2005 at 11:03:15 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E

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Your CMOS (backup) battery is dead.
Info from here:
Numeric error codes index - ThinkPad 600/E/X
163
(Time and date were not set.) 1. Set time and date.
2. System board.
173
(Configuration data was lost.) 1. Select OK in the error screen; then set the time and date.
2. Backup battery.
3. System board.

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Response Number 5

Name: dongpedroza
Date: November 2, 2005 at 04:45:56 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E

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Thank you for your replies. I tried to follow your advices but still I end up in the display that numeric error codes and pointing to the instructional manual. Then nothing happens, as if the system halts.
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Response Number 6

Name: GX1 Man
Date: November 2, 2005 at 23:40:23 Pacific
Subject: Thinkpad 600E

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Change the battery as directed and try again.
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