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•Message:0187:EAIAdataaccesserror
Solution:CheckSecuritysettings.PressF10andthenpressEntertorestartthesystem.
•Message:0188:InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea
Solution:ResettheBlock#0and1,forexample,theboxserialnumber,and/ortheBlock#4and5,
forexample,theUUID.ItcouldbedonebyusingmaintenancedisketteorUSBkey.Ifyoustillhavea
problem,havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0189:InvalidRFIDcongurationinformationarea
Solution:TheEEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect(block#4and5).SeeSolutionfor0188.
•Message:0190:Criticallow-batteryerror
Solution:Thecomputerturnedoff,becausethebatteryislow.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothe
computerandchargethebattery,orreplacethebatterywithafullychargedone.
•Message:0191:SystemSecurity-Invalidremotechangerequested
Solution:Badsystemcongurationchangerequesthasbeendetected,theBootBlockupdatehasfailed,
orunknownrequestpackethasbeendetected.Tocleartheerror,enterThinkPadSetup.
•Message:0199:SystemSecurity-Securitypasswordretrycountexceeded.
Solution:Thismessageisdisplayedifyouenterawrongsupervisorpasswordmorethanthreetimes.
Conrmthesupervisorpasswordandtryagain.Tocleartheerror,enterThinkPadSetup.
•Message:0251:SystemCMOSchecksumbad-Defaultcongurationused
Solution:ThesystemCMOSmighthavebeencorruptedormodiedincorrectlybyanapplication
programthatchangesdatastoredinCMOS.Thecomputerusesthedefaultsettings.RunThinkPad
Setuptorecongurethesettings.Ifyoustillseethesameerrorcode,checkthesystembatteryor
havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0271:RealTimeClockerror-CheckDateandTimesettings.
Solution:Neitherthedatenorthetimeissetinthecomputer.SetthedateandtimethroughThinkPad
Setup.
•Message:1802:Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin-Poweroffandremovethenetworkcard.
Solution:TheMiniPCIExpressnetworkcardisnotsupportedonthiscomputer.Removeit.
•Message:2000:ThinkVantageActiveProtectionsensordiagnosticsfailed.
Solution:ThinkVantageActiveProtectionsensorisnotworkingcorrectly.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:2100:DetectionerroronHDD0(MainHDD)
Solution:Theharddiskisnotworking.Havetheharddiskserviced.
•Message:2102:DetectionerroronHDD2(MiniSATA)
Solutuon:TheMiniSATAdeviceisnotworking.HavetheMiniSATAdeviceserviced.
•Message:2110:ReaderroronHDD0(MainHDD)
Solution:Theharddiskisnotworking.Havetheharddiskserviced.
•Message:2112:ReaderroronHDD2(MiniSATA)
Solution:TheMiniSATAdeviceisnotworking.HavetheMiniSATAdeviceserviced.
•Message:2200:MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.
Solution:POSTwarningmessageincaseMTMSNisnotsetcorrectly.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:2201:MachineUUIDisinvalid.
•Solution:POSTwarningmessageinUUIDisnotsetcorrectly.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Fanerror
Solution:Coolingfanhasfailed.Havethecomputerserviced.
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