Re: ThinkPad 600 & Adaptec AHA1480A

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From: Alexander Krumeich (krumeich_at_cl-ki.uni-osnabrueck.de)
Date: Fri Jun 11 1999 - 07:58:19 EDT

David,

> I may have misspoken. After I sent this I went to the IBM Support site and
> searched for "1480." This article came up. This is a change since last
> year, when I tried it.

And it worked. I installed the BIOS dated 5-12-99 and voil\`a, it worked.
Now the SCSI adapter is detected in Windows. Most unfortunately, the
Linux situation has not improved. The adapter is still unrecognized by the
PCMCIA subsystem. I hope that David Hinds is going to implement a driver
for this particular card.

CU,

        Alexander

> TP 380,385,560,600,770 - Some CardBus adapters will not configure properly
> Applicable Countries
> World-Wide
> Service Hints & Tips
>
> SYMPTOM:
> The CardBus adapter will not configure properly.
>
> CONFIGURATION:
> This issue is only seen with the following cards used on IBM ThinkPad 380x,
> 385x, 560x, 600, and 770x:
>
> Adaptec 1480 SCSI (not the 1480A)
> Melco IFC-UC CardBus Ultra SCSI Adapter
> Noteworthy Video Conferencing CardBus Card
> Madge Token Ring CardBus Adapter (20-02)
> SMC 8032 CardBus Ethernet Adapter
> Ositech 10/100 Ethernet/56K Combo CardBus Adapter
> Ositech 10/100 Base TX Fast Ethernet CardBus Trumpcard 7 of Spades
>
> These cards will not configure on ThinkPads using the TI1250 CardBus
> controller chip.
>
> SOLUTION:
> 1. Upgrade the Thinkpad to the latest level of BIOS.
>
> 2. Install the new Thinkpad Utility program.
> a. Obtain the latest level of the Thinkpad Utility, Utility Data Disk 1, and
> DOS Personalization diskettes.
> b. Double click on Add/Remove Programs icon (Start->Settings->Control Panel)
> c. Scroll down and click on Thinkpad Utility.
> d. Click the Add/Remove button.
> d. Check the 'delete all files' box and click OK.
> e. Click OK to restart the system.
> f. Insert the Thinkpad Utility disk in the floppy drive
> g. At the Run line (Start->Run...) type a:\setup <Enter>
> h. Follow the instructions to load the new Thinkpad Utility program.
>
> 3. Disable the PCI Bus Power Management feature
> a. Double click on the Power icon (Start->Settings->Control Panel)
> b. Click on the Advanced Settings tab
> c. Click on the pull down box next to PCI Bus Power Management
> d. Change the setting from Automatic to Disable.
> e. Click OK 

-- 
Alexander Krumeich
http://www.cl-ki.uni-osnabrueck.de/~krumeich/

Never trust a HAL 9000

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