On the Subject of Error Codes

All of a sudden “Blue Screen of Death” takes on a whole new meaning.

  • This module contains a screen displaying four 2-digit hexadecimal error codes.
  • Only one of the four error codes is necessary to determine the fix code.
  • Use Table 1 to determine which error code to use, labeled 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th going left to right.
  • Convert the error code from hexadecimal (hex) to decimal (dec) (See Table 3).
  • Subtract the decimal error code from 101 to get the decimal fix code (for example, if the decimal error code is 48, the decimal fix code would be
    101-48 = 53).
  • Use Table 2 to determine which format the fix code must be entered in.
  • Enter the full fix code in the proper format then press "Send" (See Table 3).
  • Note: the fix code must include all appropriate leading zeros from the table: hexadecimal = 2 digits, decimal = 3 digits, octal = 3 digits, and binary = 7 digits.
  • Careful: There is no backspace!

Table 1:

Number of Batteries is
Even (0, 2, 4, 6...)
Number of Batteries is
Odd (1, 3, 5, 7...)
Serial Number DOES
Contain a Vowel:
1st2nd
Serial Number DOES NOT
Contain a Vowel:
3rd4th

Table 2:

Number of Batteries is
Even (0, 2, 4, 6...)
Number of Batteries is
Odd (1, 3, 5, 7...)
Serial Number DOES
Contain a Vowel:
Decimal (Dec)Octal (Oct)
Serial Number DOES NOT
Contain a Vowel:
Hexadecimal (Hex)Binary

Table 3:

DecOctHexBinary
000000000000000
001001010000001
002002020000010
003003030000011
004004040000100
005005050000101
006006060000110
007007070000111
008010080001000
009011090001001
0100120A0001010
0110130B0001011
0120140C0001100
0130150D0001101
0140160E0001110
0150170F0001111
016020100010000
017021110010001
018022120010010
019023130010011
020024140010100
021025150010101
022026160010110
023027170010111
024030180011000
025031190011001
0260321A0011010
0270331B0011011
0280341C0011100
0290351D0011101
0300361E0011110
0310371F0011111
032040200100000
033041210100001
DecOctHexBinary
034042220100010
035043230100011
036044240100100
037045250100101
038046260100110
039047270100111
040050280101000
041051290101001
0420522A0101010
0430532B0101011
0440542C0101100
0450552D0101101
0460562E0101110
0470572F0101111
048060300110000
049061310110001
050062320110010
051063330110011
052064340110100
053065350110101
054066360110110
055067370110111
056070380111000
057071390111001
0580723A0111010
0590733B0111011
0600743C0111100
0610753D0111101
0620763E0111110
0630773F0111111
064100401000000
065101411000001
066102421000010
067103431000011
DecOctHexBinary
068104441000100
069105451000101
070106461000110
071107471000111
072110481001000
073111491001001
0741124A1001010
0751134B1001011
0761144C1001100
0771154D1001101
0781164E1001110
0791174F1001111
080120501010000
081121511010001
082122521010010
083123531010011
084124541010100
085125551010101
086126561010110
087127571010111
088130581011000
089131591011001
0901325A1011010
0911335B1011011
0921345C1011100
0931355D1011101
0941365E1011110
0951375F1011111
096140601100000
097141611100001
098142621100010
099143631100011
100144641100100
101145651100101