IBM ThinkPad 770 Supplementary Manual - Device Restrictions

Summary of ThinkPad 770

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    Ibm thinkpad 770 user's guide supplement title: c79dkmst creationdate: 08/19/97 17:47:41.

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    Title: c79dkmst creationdate: 08/19/97 17:47:41.

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    Ibm thinkpad 770 user's guide supplement ibm title: c79dkmst creationdate: 08/19/97 17:47:41.

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    First edition (september 1997) the following paragraph does not apply to the united kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: international business machines corporation provides this publication “as is” without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied,...

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    Contents the following sections supplement the information contained in the user's guide . Using the digital audio out feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 changing a power-on password or hdd password . . . . . . . 2 removing a power-on password or hdd password . . . . . . . 3 enabling the id...

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    Using the digital audio out feature (models equipped with the dvd and enhanced adapter) to use this feature, you will need the optional dvd drive and the software shipped with this option. Refer to the user's guide shipped with this option for instructions on how to use it. 1 title: c79dkmst creatio...

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    Changing a power-on password or hdd password 1 power off your computer and wait at least 5 seconds; then power it on again. A password prompt appears. Note: the power-on and hdd password prompts look a little different. The prompt shown above is the power-on prompt. 2 type your current password; the...

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    Removing a power-on password or hdd password 1 power off your computer and wait at least 5 seconds; then power it on again. A password prompt appears. Note: the power-on and hdd password prompts look a little different. The prompt shown above is the hdd prompt. 2 type your current password; then pre...

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    Hot and warm plug and unplug functions your thinkpad 770 computer enables you to attach or detach devices dynamically ( hot or warm plug or unplug ) in the ultrabay. Hot plug or unplug means to attach or detach a device with your computer powered on. Warm plug or unplug means to attach or detach a d...

  • Page 11: Device Restrictions

    Windows 95 and windows nt 4.0 notes: 1. The led might not go on or you might not hear a beep or see a message when a device is hot or warm plugged or unplugged under os/2 or windows nt 3.51. 2. Hot- or warm-plugging or unplugging of an ide device (cd-rom drive or dvd drive) is not supported in 2-cha...

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    You cannot use the hot and warm plug and unplug functions. Cd-rom drive and dvd drive: you cannot use the hot and warm plug and unplug functions in 2-channel ide mode. Refer to the table on page 8. 3. For the battery: do not hot unplug a secondary battery from the ultrabay when the system is working...

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    Enabling the ide drive on the docking station if you have installed an ide device (such as a hard disk drive or a cd-rom drive) in the docking station, you must change the setting on your computer to enable the device. By default, your computer uses the primary ide channel for the primary hard disk ...

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    Setting to 2-channel ide mode 1 open the thinkpad configuration program. 2 click on the docking station ( ) button. 3 change the irq value in irq holder for pci steering to a value other than irq 11. 4 select enable ide devices. The third ide is automatically selected. 5 select secondary channel in ...

  • Page 15: Versions Osr0 And Osr1

    Installing the various versions of windows 95 the following versions of windows 95 are available for your thinkpad 770: retail release version ( osr0 ) service pack version 1 ( osr1 ) oem service release version 2 ( osr2 ) oem service release version 2.1 ( osr2.1 ) the osr0 is an off-the-shelf versi...

  • Page 16: Versions Osr2 And Osr2.1

    Where src_cd is the drive letter of the cd-rom drive (c, d,...), tgt_drv is the drive letter, and tgt_dir is the temporary directory that you made in step 3. 5 insert the windows 95 supplementary diskette into the diskette drive and copy the updated files from the windows 95 supplementary diskette t...

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    2 make sure there is enough space in the hard disk to store the cabinet files and the installation programs (the required space may vary depending on the language of windows 95). 3 make a temporary directory. For example, enter at the dos prompt: md c:\win95 4 copy all the cabinet (.Cab) files and t...

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    10 change the drive letter at the dos prompt to a and run \qfe444\pccardup.Exe. 11 reboot the system 12 to replace the unimodem drivers to support the intel video phone application, insert the windows 95 supplementary diskette into the diskette drive. 13 from the dos prompt, go to c:\windows\system ...

  • Page 19: Installing Os/2 Warp

    Installing os/2 warp os/2 warp version 3 to complete the installation of os/2 warp version 3, you must update disk 1 if you are going to use a hard disk with a capacity of more than 4.3 gb. You can obtain updated disk information from the following ibm world wide web site: http://service.Software.Ib...

  • Page 20: Option A

    Recovering lost or damaged software your thinkpad computer comes with a recovery cd . You should use this cd if you accidentally delete your preloaded software or if you have a hard disk failure. It restores the contents of your hard disk to the original state (the state when you purchased your comp...

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    6 select ok. 7 select exit. 8 select restart and then ok to restart your computer. The bootable cd-rom function is now enabled. 9 connect the cd-rom drive to your computer. 10 power on the computer. 11 insert the recovery cd into the cd-rom drive. 12 press ctrl + alt + delete. 13 follow the instruct...

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    Many devices such as the external cd-rom, docking stations, and the hard disk drive. You are prompted if a user intervention is required. 6 when a completion message appears, remove the recovery cd-rom boot diskette from the diskette drive. 7 press the restart button. Your computer restarts with the...

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    Considerations on the telephony function setting the ringcentral application for new zealand the ringcentral 1 program allows you to set the number of rings for incoming messages before it answers the call. You can set the value by selecting: options - answering - ring options from the ringcentral m...

  • Page 24: Hints And Tips

    Hints and tips receiving faxes or mail in suspend mode to receive incoming faxes or mail under os/2, you must set the modem settings in the fax application to one of the following: hardware fifo enabled hardware flow control on uart 16550a modem in os/2 faxworks for example, select utilities, settin...

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    If a usb device is disabled if your computer tries to enter suspend mode and the request is rejected, the device in the usb port may be disabled. When this occurs, do a hot unplug and plug operation for the usb device. Hot plugging or unplugging a pcmcia card after your computer returns from standby...

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    Note: if the symbol does not move, it means that the main battery (1) is not charged and you cannot remove the secondary battery. Changing the crystal audio device configuration to change the audio configuration in windows nt 3.51, do the following: 1 change the audio resources using the thinkpad co...

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    Using an external condenser microphone the microphone/line-in jack supports the following type of microphones: a dynamic microphone a self-battery-powered condenser microphone when you want to use an electret condenser microphone, you must use one that provides its own power source. Using the netmee...

  • Page 28: Notices

    Notices product notice requirements the following notice applies to machines equipped with a dvd and enhanced video adapter: this device is protected by u.S. Patent numbers 4,631,603, 4,577,216, and 4,819,098 and other intellectual property rights. The use of macrovision's copy protection technology...

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    Ibm part number: 05k7604 printed in the united states of america 5k76 4 title: c79dkmst creationdate: 08/19/97 17:47:41.