IBM ThinkPad 600 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Symptom-to-FRU Index
Beep Symptoms
No Beep Symptoms
Symptom / Error FRU / Action in Sequence
Continuous beeps. 1. System board
One beep and a blank,
unreadable, or flashing
LCD.
1. Reseat the LCD
connector
2. LCD assembly
3. System board
One beep, and the message
“Unable to access boot
source.”
1. Boot device
2. System board
One long and two short
beeps, and a blank or
unreadable LCD.
1. System board
2. LCD assembly
One long beep followed by
four short beeps each time
the power switch is
operated.
(System cannot power on
due to low battery voltage.)
Connect the AC Adapter
or install a fully charged
battery.
One beep every second.
(System is shutting down
due to low battery voltage.)
Connect the AC Adapter
or install a fully charged
battery. (Allow the
system to completely shut
down before changing the
battery.)
Two short beeps with error
codes.
POST error. See
“Numeric Error Codes” on
page 52.
Two short beeps with blank
screen.
1. System board
Symptom / Error FRU / Action in Sequence
No beep, power-on indicator
not on, and a blank LCD
during POST.
1. Go to “Power
Systems Checkout”
on page 35.
2. System board
3. Check the power outlet
No beep, power-on indicator
on, and a blank LCD during
POST.
1. System board
No beep, power-on indicator
on, and a blinking cursor
only during POST.
1. System board
No beep during POST but
system runs correctly.
1. Turn the volume up
and check the
speaker.
2. Speaker
3. Sub card
4. System board
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IBM ThinkPad 600 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	ThinkPad 600
Category	Laptop
Language	English