[Thinkpad] X41 displays errors 0187 and 0191 ...

[Bruce Markowitz]

I hate to sound really dumb, but that type of error (I assume they are on
startup) generally are related to a dead CMOS battery. Try changing it out.
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 10:31 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] X41 displays errors 0187 and 0191 ...


> ... and both are purty nasty.
>
> Error 0187 activates upon an EAIA data access error, (where) the access to
EEPROM is (sic) failed (read or write).
>
> Error 0191 activates when an Invalid Remote Change (is) requested.
>
> System board replacement's recommended for both error codes.
>
> I tried to change a BIOS setting to see if there's any change in behavior.
There wasn't any.
>
> Anything else I can try before I declare this one DOA?
>
> Thanks for reading!
>
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