Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E330 - Errors Without Messages

Ifyoustillseethesameerrormessage,checkthebootsequenceusingThinkPadSetup.
•Message:Fanerror
Solution:Coolingfanhasfailed.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:EMM386NotInstalled-UnabletoSetPageFrameBaseAddress.
Solution:EditC:\CONFIG.SYSandchangealinefromdevice=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXERAMtodevice=
C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXENOEMSandsavethisle.
•Message:CardBusCongurationError-DeviceDisabled.
Solution:PressF1togotoThinkPadSetup.PressFn+F9andthenpressEntertoloadthedefaultsetting.
PressFn+F10andthenpressEntertorestartthesystem.
•Message:Thermalsensingerror
Solution:Thethermalsensorisnotfunctioningcorrectly.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Cannotbootfromanydevice.
Solution:Thethermalsensorisnotfunctioningcorrectly.Havethecomputerserviced.
Devicenotfound
Checkthedeviceyouwanttobootfrom.
Deviceerror
Checkthedeviceyouwanttobootfrom.
Novalidoperatingsystem
Checkthattheoperatingsystemhasnofailureandisinstalledcorrectly.
Excludedfrombootorder
OpenThinkPadSetupandaddthedevicetobootorder.
•Message:ThissystemdoesnotsupportbatteriesthatarenotgenuineLenovo-madeorauthorized.The
systemwillcontinuetoboot,butmaynotchargeunauthorizedbatteries.PresstheESCkeytocontinue.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
Solution:ReplacethebatterywiththecorrectLenovobatteryforthiscomputer.Ifyoustillseethesame
errormessage,contactLenovoservicetohavethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Thebatteryinstalledisnotsupportedbythissystemandwillnotcharge.Pleasereplacethe
batterywiththecorrectLenovobatteryforthissystem.PresstheESCkeytocontinue.
Solution:ReplacethebatterywiththecorrectLenovobatteryforthiscomputer.Ifyoustillseethesame
errormessage,contactLenovoservicetohavethecomputerserviced.
Errorswithoutmessages
•Problem:MyscreenkeepsblankingwhenIdonotwantitto.
Solution:Youcandisableanysystemtimers,suchastheLCDturn-offtimerortheblanktimerby
doingthefollowing:
1.StartPowerManager.
2.ClickthePowerplantab,andthenselectMaximumPerformancefromthepredenedpowerplans.
•Problem:WhenIturnonthecomputer,nothingisdisplayedonthescreenandthecomputerdoesnot
beepwhilestartingup.
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