Re: [Thinkpad] [Fwd: 701 woes]

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 12:55:28 EST

one more hint..

winduhs will change the bios port settings for you and not TELL you..
on the 701 SHUT IT DOWN.. OFF.. do NOT do a warm boot (CTRL-alt-Del) or win
will change things to what it wants..

another little sign of the arrogance of the M$ leader..
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>
To: "ron" <ronjulian_at_email.com>; "Think pad list" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] [Fwd: 701 woes]

> That's a headache I'm all too familiar with, but it's almost certainly
> solvable. Using the Fn-F1 setup while Windows is running, assign audio
> to IRQ7 and the printer port to IRQ5. (Yes, I know, I know - those
> aren't the standard assignments, but that seems to be what IBM had in
> mind for the defaults for the 701). Reboot and use Windows Device
> Manager to change the assignments in the device manager to match the
> ones you assigned, if necessary.
>
> Edward Mendelson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ron" <ronjulian_at_email.com>
> To: "Think pad list" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:40 AM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] [Fwd: 701 woes]
>
>
> >
> > I have 2 701's. I like the little door stops. But I am having a bad
> time
> > with the floppy printer port with both of them.
> >
> > During boot up, While windoze is loading, Fn F1 brings up the cmos.
> > There it shows that the "Parallel/Diskette port is assigned a port,
> IRQ
> > Etc.
> >
> > After Windoze loads and is up and running, If you go back into cmos,
> the
> > port is Disabled. If you shut down Windoze and go to a dos prompt, the
> > port is still disabled. If you reboot, the port is on until Windoze
> > loads and turns it off.
> >
> > In dos, if I hot swap/install the FDD and run a Dir on A:, it fires up
> > and gives me a Dir. BUT, The cmos still shows that the port is still
> > disabled. But I can not access a printer.
> >
> > All that to ask this, How do I get the port to stay on?
> > Ron.
>
>

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