From: Nial Stewart (nials_at_sqf.hp.com)
Date: Wed Jul 25 2001 - 12:19:54 EDT
"James H. E. Maugham" wrote:
>
> 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?
I'm not sure. On my other PC under control panel if you change
any settings you're always prompted to reboot. I may not
have if not prompted to.
> 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
I have tried running the code from a DOS window, it didn't
work.
I'll try that config utility tonight.
> Run the PS2 ? command from a DOS prompt to get all the info you might need.
Will do.
> 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.
Is it definitley not possible to have a generic BIOS
for more than one machine?
The version I've got isn't listed on the IBM site, but
it's got an IBET number like all the 600's.
If the machine's somehow got the wrong BIOS I presume it could
mis-read the processor speed.
> > 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.
It's 5:20 here, so I'm away to try all you've suggested.
Thanks for the help,
Nial.
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