From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Thu Oct 21 1999 - 08:29:43 EDT
>First of all, does the "Restart" function from the Shut Down menu ever
>work? For me it quits windows, and hangs at the shutdown screen (or,
>since I deleted the screen, at a black screen with a cursor flashing in
>the corner). My only option then is to power off and on again with the
>power switch. The hold-shift-while-restarting quick-restart works fine,
>as does "Shut Down", but plain old "Restart" doesn't work. Any ideas?
>
Restart works great on my machine. I don't know if it could be a file that is
conflicting.
First question - have you upgraded to the latest BIOS rev? I believe it's 3O if I recall
correctly.
>Second, what infrared device drivers should I install to enable the 701C's
>built-in irda port to work with Win98's built-in IR file transfer
>facility? By default it installs a com port, "IBM Infrared Communications
>Port" or something like that, but since it's installed as a com port and
>not an IR device, this doesn't enable IR transfer services. I tried
>installing a "Generic IR dongle or adapter" and telling Win98 it was
>connected to this com port, and while this allowed my 701C to
>intermittently see other computers, those other computers (a Dell laptop
>and a homebuilt desktop) both refused to notice the 701C.
>
Try getting IBM's driver from their support site.
I've had problems with it also, but I have successfully got it to work with HyperTerminal
and my HP200LX.
>Is there any way to force a battery pack to recalculate its capacity? As
>we know all too well, voltage depression tends to make NiCad batteries
>runtimes less and less over time, making the 701's remaining time
>indicator less and less useful. Can I order the battery to clear its
>memory and recalibrate itself?
There is a program to do this... I can search my machine for you, if it's not on my 701,
I'll do a search on my SPARC for the exact email that had the URL, etc.
For everyone else, remember I have an almost-complete archive for at least the last 2 years (about 40MB of
ThinkPad List emails) that I can search through.
>
>Finally, is there any source for individual replacement keycaps for the
>keyboard? While I was cleaning and lubricating the sticky keys on my
>butterfly, someone (other than myself) managed to drop one keycap on the
>floor, and I managed to step on it. The post on the back of the key broke
>off; gluing it back on left it misaligned enough that the key would stick
>down, so right now it's detached, and the key wobbles around (but still
>works alright).
>
Unfortunately, no. I have a broken spacebar on my 760ED, and I already asked IBM
about any possibilities of getting a single key, even from a dead keyboard EasyServe might
get in. I'm just so used to my spacebar now, though. =)
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