The machine will boot without the modem. There is nothing else. I have some
collection of working 600 parts. Probably not worth the cost of postage. So
I just use them for repairs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Berry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 600E Replacing system board question
So I have two dead system boards.
One fails with error 161 163 and a good backup battery.
Even if you have no backup battery, a system showing these
symptoms will take you to reset the BIOS clock and then
power recycle--if it has a good system board. However
these exact same error numbers ended for me with a message
to read the hardware manual. I guess they ran out of
diagnostic numbers. Anyway, the HMM says that if you have
a good battery, the system board is dead.
The other (from the parts machine) has no beeps on powerup,
power light comes on, screen black/blank. HMM > dead.
That leaves me with a bunch of parts. I have a question.
In the 600E, if you remove the modem card, obviously you're
going to expect to have a BIOS error message, but will the
machine still boot afterwards?
And a second question, did anybody ever make anything else
that would plug in where the modem board does? For example,
was there ever an Ethernet card?
--
happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
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