Spillsonthekeyboard
Withamobilecomputer,thereareincreasedchancesofspillingliquidsonthekeyboard.Becausemost
liquidsconductelectricity,liquidspilledonthekeyboardcouldcreatenumerousshortcircuits,potentially
causingirreparabledamagetoyourcomputer.
Ifyouspillsomethingonyourcomputer:
Attention:Besurethatnoliquidcreatesashortcircuitbetweenyouandtheacpoweradapter(ifinuse).
Althoughyoumightlosesomedataorworkbyturningoffthecomputerimmediately,leavingthecomputer
onmightmakeyourcomputerunusable.
1.Carefullyunplugtheacpoweradapterimmediately.
2.Turnoffthecomputerimmediately.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnoff,removethebattery.Themore
quicklyyoustopthecurrentfrompassingthroughthecomputerthemorelikelyyouwillreducedamage
fromshortcircuits.
3.Waituntilyouarecertainthatalltheliquidisdrybeforeturningonyourcomputer.
Note:Ifyouwanttoreplaceyourkeyboard,youcanpurchaseanewone.
Errormessagesandbeeperrors
Error
code
BeepsymptomErrormessageSolution
0182TwoshortbeepsBadCRC2.EnterBIOSSetupand
loadSetupdefaults.
Turnoffthecomputer.Turnonthe
computer.PressF1toenterinto
BIOSSetupUtilitywhenThinkPad
logoappears.PressF9toload
defaultsettings.PressF10toexit.
Restartthecomputer.
0183Fourshortbeeps,onelongbeepFanerrorCoolingfanhasfailed.Havethe
computerserviced.
0184Fourshortbeeps,pause,three
shortbeeps,pause,oneshort
beep,pause,oneshortbeep
DramisunpluggedMemoryisnotinstalled.Install
memory.
0185Sevenshortbeeps,onelong
beep,fourshortbeeps,one
longbeep,oneshortbeep,one
longbeep,oneshortbeep,one
longbeep.Thecomputerkeeps
beeping.
DramisnotwellpluggedReinstallmemory.
0187Twoshortbeeps0187:EAIAdataaccesserrorTheaccesstoEEPROMhasfailed.
Havethecomputerserviced.
0189Twoshortbeeps0189:InvalidRFIDconī„±guration
informationarea
TheEEPROMchecksumisnot
correct(block#4and5).The
systemboardshouldbereplaced,
andtheUUIDneedstobe
reinstalled.Havethecomputer
serviced.
0190Twoshortbeeps0190:Criticallow-batteryerrorThecomputerturnedoff,because
thebatteryislow.Connecttheac
poweradaptertothecomputer
andchargethebattery,orreplace
thebatterywithafullycharged
one.
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