From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun May 23 1999 - 17:12:07 EDT
Don and all..
all the files back to the TP700 and beyond WERE available on the IBM site, but i
see that the link is no longer valid..
i suggest doing a search if you can't find the older bios's.. :-)
Donald Mak wrote:
> Vincent,
> I have BIOS Version 1.27 which I can email to you. I should have an older
> one as well, just need to dig for it. Which ver did you install?
>
> Also if you hold down the F1 key immediately after turning on the power (not
> a warm boot) you should get to the setup program. Once there go under Config
> and press Ctrl N This should give you a screen where you can enter the
> system serial #.
>
> Don
>
> > Not quite.... There is nothing wrong with the Data on the HD.
> > It's the BIOS that has the Error Code 188 which is the serial number has
> > to be reentered using the ThinkPad Hardware Maintenance Disk v1.4 or
> > later. The Win98 part is fine since the problem with the hanging is
> > the March 1999 Trackpoint IV drivers for win98 for the 770Z 9549-8AU
> > somehow hangs the system from a full shutdown or full suspend. The
> > 5/20/99 TrackPoint Drivers fixed this which I reported back to both Online
> > and telephone HelpCenter. Then as soon as I turn the machine on, it
> > checks the memory as part of the Power On Diagnostics (POST) and then the
> > 188 error, then it will only read the floppy drive from that point. It
> > will boot up the System Program BIOS Disk but I can't reflash since I
> > already loaded the newest BIOS prior to that. I don't know if it will
> > boot a regular DOS disk okay though. It won't go into bios setup mode if
> > I hold the F1 key down since it will go directly to the 188 error.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
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