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Hi All,

I have an old 2001-era IBM ThinkPad A22m that was donated to my hub. I was skeptical that it could be used at all (800 MHz CPU, 256MB installed memory), but thought I would give it a try.

When I turn it on, it doesn't even boot up. I get the a black screen with the following message:

"ERROR

0271: Check date and time settings

Press to Setup"

I am able to access BIOS and change the boot order so the CD ROM was first, but when I try to boot the Lubuntu CD (which works perfectly in other machines), I get the same ERROR message.

Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Brandon

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Submitted by Durham-Hub (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2017 - 23:16

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Thanks to both of you for the advice! Is there an easy way to wipe the data from the computer before I recycle it? Would I need to replace the battery first as described above?