Lenovo Invalid Machine Type

2200: Machine Type and Serial Number are invalid. 2201: Machine UUID is invalid After 8 hours of searching on Internet, trying different methods, I've finally successfully changed/added Model typle and S/N to my friend's X230.

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  • May 04, 2005  They haven't entered the machine type number and the system unit serial number when they replaced the mobo. Call them, and they are going to fix in a few days.Edit: If I remember correctly, when you update the BIOS, there is an option to enter the machine type number manually and maybe the serial number too.
  • Machine Type And Serial Number Are Invalid Lenovo 46 - DOWNLOAD cfe036a44b ERROR 00CE Machine Type and Serial Number.ERROR 00CE Machine Type and Serial Number are INVAALID Update the BIOS to correct this problem IBM THINKCENTER BIOS.Thinkpad P70-Machine type and Serial Number are InvalidI have Lenovo ThinkPad P70, and I replaced the System Board with a new one, but.
I seem to be having the same problem as some of the other people on this board and i can't seem to resolve the issue.
I have an A31p and everytime i run the software installer it gives me an invalid machine type error.
I read some previous posts and you had asked to check the system information and it seems mine has the machine type missing.(see below)

Lenovo Machine Type Invalid

I just did the latest bios update but that didn't fix the problem either.
System details
BIOS version: 1.12 (1GET40WW)
BIOS date : 2005-04-05
Embedded controller version: 1.04
Lenovo invalid machine type listMachine type-Model:
System unit serial number: Invalid
InvalidSystem board serial number: J1XXXXXXXXX

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When i go onto the IBM web site and do an auto detect the site returns an error saying it cannot detect the machine...
How do i update the bios to resolve this?
Is there a hardware maintenance disk for the A31p?

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Please help...