Numeric error codes
Symptom / error
FRU / action in sequence
0200
1. Reseat the hard disk drive
Fixed disk failure
2. Load Setup Defaults in IBM BIOS Setup Utility
3. Hard disk drive
4. System board
0210, 0211
Stuck key Keyboard error
1. Run the keyboard test in the interactive tests and auxiliary
input device
0212
1. Run the keyboard test in the interactive tests and auxiliary
Keyboard controller failure
input device
0213
1. Unlock external keyboard
Keyboard is locked -
Unlock key switch
0220
1. Load Setup Defaults in IBM BIOS Setup Utility
Monitor type does not match
CMOS - run setup
0230
1. System board
Shadow RAM failure at
offset nnnn
0231
1. DIMM
System RAM failure at
2. System board
offset nnnn
0250
1. Replace the backup battery and run IBM BIOS Setup Utility to
System battery is dead -
reset the time and date
Replace and run setup
0251
1. Replace the backup battery and run IBM BIOS Setup Utility to
System CMOS checksum bad -
reset the time and date
Default configuration used
0260
1. Replace the backup battery and run IBM BIOS Setup Utility to
System timer error
reset the time and date
2. System board
0270
1. Replace the backup battery and run IBM BIOS Setup Utility to
Real time clock error
reset the time and date
2. System board
0280
1. Load Setup Defaults in IBM BIOS Setup Utility
Boot incomplete error -
2. DIMM
Default configuration used
3. System board
0281
1. Load Setup Defaults in IBM BIOS Setup Utility
Memory size recognized by
2. DIMM
POST is different from that
3. System board
recognized by CMOS
02B0
1. Check that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type
Diskette drive error
in IBM BIOS Setup Utility
2. Run the diskette diagnostics test
02D0
1. System board
System cache error -
Cache is disabled
02F0
1. System board
CPU ID
02F5
1. DIMM
DIMM test failure
2. System board
02F6
1. DIMM
Software NMI failure
2. System board
02F7
1. DIMM
Fail - Safe timer NMI failure
2. System board
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