From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Wed Jul 25 2001 - 11:51:21 EDT
Nial,
nials_at_britain.agilent.com [mailto:nials_at_britain.agilent.com] wrote:
> Is that the Thinkpad Configuration utility? If so that's what I've been
> using to switch things on/off (checking in control panel) and I've
> switched the IR port off and serial port on.
Did you re-boot after each change?
> What sort of problems? This's what I'm trying to do.
IRQ errors primarily. Try running your DOS program from a DOS prompt rather
than from within a W98 DOS window. Use the DOS configuration utility to set
your ports correctly: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/RMIE-3AXE3E.html
Run the PS2 ? command from a DOS prompt to get all the info you might need.
> 256MB rings a bell, this is reported in the BIOS isn't it?
No, but the Intel utility will give you this info.
> If the system board had been replaced would the BIOS still report the
> same type and serial number as on the bottom (which doesn't look
> tampered with) and which according to IBM means it's a 600E?
The serial numbers can be readily changed with the correct utility, but not
the system TYPE AFAIK.
> I'd like to get my facts straight before contacting them to complain.
I understand, but I have the same model 600E (2645-4AU) and when you enter
EZSetup the initial screen reports:
BIOS: INET34WW, 11/20/99
System/Ser No.: 26454AUXXXXXXX
System Board Ser. No.:
Microprocessor: Pentium(**) II processor 366MHz.
If you don't get get a report similar to the above, especially WRT the
processor, then there's a problem. The PII processor in the 600Es is _not_ a
Speedstep enabled processor, so that's not a possible problem with your
unit.
> ???? I'm in the UK. Who're EZServe?
IBM repair here in the US. In the UK you have to contact IBM and either
carry it in to a repair facility or ship it to Ireland IIRC
http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/uk/. But, you should definitely check the
warranty status at http://www.pc.ibm.com/support, only takes a second.
> I suppose I could download the latest 600 Bios and see if that works,
> but this could be a bit risky if the machine's not standard.
I wouldn't do that at this point, let's first try to get a final answer on
what's inside your unit.
Regards,
James
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