IBM ThinkPad 600X User Manual

Troubleshooting guide
Message Cause and action
158
(supervisor password
error)
A hard disk drive was installed with a different supervisor password, or it did not
have a hard disk password.
The hard disk drive with the error can be in any of the following:
 The main bay of your computer
 The UltraslimBay
 The UltraBay tray of the docking station attached to your computer.
To solve the problem, do the following:
1. Make sure a hard disk drive without the error is installed in the main hard
disk bay of your computer.
If the hard disk drive is installed in the UltraBay tray of the docking station,
power off the computer and reinstall it into the main hard disk bay of your
computer. Then power the computer on again.
2. Press Enter.
3. Type your supervisor password at the power-on password prompt.
If the ðð158 error appears again, press Enter to proceed to the Easy-Setup
“Password” submenu.
4. Select the Supervisor icon; then press Enter.
The same password as the supervisor password is set for the hard disk
password on the main hard disk bay.
5. Restart the computer.
159
(supervisor password
error)
The hard disk password differs from the supervisor password.
The hard disk drive with the error can be in any of the following:
 The main hard disk drive bay of your computer
 The UltraslimBay
 The UltraBay tray of the docking station attached to your computer
To solve the problem, do the following:
1. Make sure that the hard disk drive password and the supervisor password
differ.
If the hard disk drive is in the UltraBay tray of the docking station, power off
the computer and reinstall the drive into the main bay of your computer.
Then power on the computer again.
2. At the hard disk password prompt, change the hard disk password to the
supervisor password.
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IBM ThinkPad 600X Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	ThinkPad 600X
Category	Laptop
Language	English