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At Powerup, Display Error 271 Time & 162 Configuration

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Powered ON. Display Errors 162 an 271. Hit F2 Default. Date & Time displayed as January 1, 2006, 12:04 AM Reset Date & Time to current. Shut down. Powered ON. Displayed Error 162 (3 Times) and no Error 271. Hit F2 and displayed January 1, 2006, 12:04 AM. Reset Date and Time to current. Hit RESTART. Displayed Error 162 (2 times) no Error 271. Hit F2 and displayed current Date and Time. **

** After Shutdown and long delay (overnight), Power ON displays same Errors 162and 271 as before.

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  1. More than likely the CMOS battery is bad & needs to be replaced. Error codes can be found here:

    http://www.bioscentral.com/misc/ibm…

    And I’ve gotta ask – why are you still running SP2?

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down…

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