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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: tdk99 on September 09, 2006, 12:04:56 PM

Title: Computer won't Boot
Post by: tdk99 on September 09, 2006, 12:04:56 PM
I have an IBM 600e laptop computer.  Yesterday I replaced the battery and let it charge overnight.  This AM, I turned on the computer and it wouldn't boot.  It came to a little logo of a paddlock.  It allows me to enter up to 23 characters.  I hit enter and it gives me on "X".  I can do this three times and then it locks me out.  If I hit enter instead of trying to enter passwords, the computer gives me two errors.  I get an error 173 and an error 163.  Any idea of what is happening here?  Any help will be very much appreciated.  Thank you.