Ran Apple Hardware Test from USB Install Drive on new MBA, Got this error

Last week I got the fully loaded 2010 MBA 13" (2.13ghz/4gb/256gb).
It's just perfect, I have no problems with it.
On a whim, I ran the quick Apple Hardware Test using the included USB install drive (took just a few minutes) and it came up with this:
Alert! Apple Hardware Test has detected an error.
4SNS/1/40000001:IDOR-0.040
Screenshot:
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/9800/2010macbookairhardwaret.jpg
Any ideas on what that means? Hopefully it's a false positive. I'm running the extended test right now, which will take more than an hour. Will report back.
Anyone seeing anything from the hardware test?

jonm8 wrote:
Last week I got the fully loaded 2010 MBA 13" (2.13ghz/4gb/256gb).
It's just perfect, I have no problems with it.
On a whim, I ran the quick Apple Hardware Test using the included USB install drive (took just a few minutes) and it came up with this:
Alert! Apple Hardware Test has detected an error.
4SNS/1/40000001:IDOR-0.040
Screenshot:
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/9800/2010macbookairhardwaret.jpg
Any ideas on what that means? Hopefully it's a false positive. I'm running the extended test right now, which will take more than an hour. Will report back.
Anyone seeing anything from the hardware test?
I think this will solve your issue:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3578?viewlocale=en_US

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