hi, i have a IBM Thinkpad, Pentium 2 laptop. When i switch it on it beeps twice and than says 130496KB Ok. Than underneath it says 163 in the top left hand corner. On the right hand corner it says Thinkpad, IBM (the usual company name). It beeps twice and comes onto another screen with a background saying Thinkpad all over it. Onto the background is a window. The window says 'ERROR 00163'. Underneath it says 'Ok or Cancel'. If i press cancel it reboots and comes up on the same window. If i press enter it comes up with another window asking for the date and time. I enter the correct date/time and press ok. it beeps three times and reboots! AND IT COMES UP WITH THE WHOLE OLD THING AGAIN. (tells about error and asks for date and time etc) Please help!!! and just recently where it said ERROR 00163 and now also displays error 00301 Any help would be appreciated!!! thanks alot in advance
Where exactly is the CMOS Battery???# What size is the battery? Shall i replace it, or whats the next step i should take??? Thanks for helping
the cmos battery is what supplies power to a chip that holds the info as time, date, type of hd, cd/dvd rom drive. if was a desktop battery, it would have been a disk battery type cr2032. on a laptop will probably be different as either disk shape or cylinder shaped. the battery might be under the keyboard or thru an access port on the bottom of the laptop.
Can u please show me a link to a image of the battery. so i know what it looks like. I can open up the laptop myself but how much exactly does this battery cost. and if u can give me screen shots on how to install it i would be great!! thanks alot for helping me with all this!
CMOS battery for IBM Thinkpad goes for about 10 US dollars. Check out this site: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50626 good luck and keep us posted.
thank you so much, ur even better than the actual IBM SUPPORT on thier website. i will certainly try it as soon as i buy the battery. again THANKS ALOT!!!
i put in a new battery. it worked and now comes with no errors it just wants a BIOS. can a bios be installed via a CD or not? thanks alot
OMG dude I have almost the same problem and its an IBM thinkpad but I think mines a pentium 3. When i turn it on it says windows is starting up and freezes. But I can still boot it in safe mode.
you already have the bios but have to reconfigure it as it went to default mode because of the dead battery. when the laptop posts before going into windows, it should tell you to press f1 or f2 or del to enter setup which is to change your bios. once in the bios, you'll have to correct the time & date as it will be wrong plus maybe do some other changes.
i cant access the bios. it just say's 'OS SYSTEM NOT INSTALLED, PLEASE INSERT DISC AND PRESS ANY KEY'. i insert a windows 98 boot disk, it goes to MS-DOS. I can format my hardrive, partition etc. but i cannot access my bios. can i type a command to check if i have a bios??? any other ways to check for a bios. thanks i'm gettin somewhere with ur help!
i have just contacted IBM SUPPORT. they should be able to help me. Thnaks for the link, i cant believe it i forgot to go to the actual IBM website to check for info on the laptop problem. i got some books out the library, they should help me out on getting the computer to work again.thanks anyway, i'll update u as soon as i get something done.
