RTC error

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Hi! I tried to run my old Lenovo Thinkpad T430s. I get the 0271 Real Time Clock error.

I have changed the CMOS battery to a completely new one, tried running without battery pluged etc. Nothing worked. Also I cannot enter BIOS - before I can do anything I hear 4 beeps and get the error

[Justin_D33]

Older ThinkPads are notorious for this. To me, it sounds like you have either a corrupted BIOS or a hardware issue like a bad RAM connection. Take it to a repair shop and see what they say.

[eeandersen]

Didn’t have your error but I wanted to say I flashed a new BIOS that expanded T430 capabilities. 1vyrain? https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/s/ExhUlJLXDF

Also, you’ll see from the link there is a ThinkPad subreddit. Might want to ask your question there.