From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Jun 09 1999 - 12:59:41 EDT
Alex..
its possible that they used a newer system board..
either that or put the wrong info in the cmos when they put the machine
serial number on the system board, IF that model supports that feature..
what does system in control panel tell you about the cpu..??
if they upgraded the sys board, then the recovery CD will be wrong for the
machine..
you BET theres a significant difference..
P-II somethingMMX vs. P233MMX.. a much better cpu and chipset..
Alex Bell wrote:
> This is not as off topic as it may appear, so please bear with me.
>
> Last year I bought a Thinkpad 385XD of machine type 2635 LEU. IBM has
> replaced the mother board twice, and since the first replacement the
> computer locks up tight whenever it goes into suspend mode. IBM
> HelpCentre has told me that they can't help me any more unless I use
> the recovery CD, thus wiping out all my OS/2 stuff. I am more inclined
> to reinstall OS/2, and even if I do use the recovery CD I will still
> want to install OS/2.
>
> The Think pad configuration file now shows that the machine type is
> 2635 EAU. It also shows the bios is IFET17WW, which according to the
> readme file is the bios for a Pentium(2), whereas the computer I bought
> was a Pentium 233 with MMX.
>
> Is this a significant difference? If I reinstall OS/2 what drivers
> should I be looking for? (ie, for a 385XD or some other model). Could
> this difference in machine types have anything to do with why it locks
> up on suspend?
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