Contents Finding Information in This Online User's Guide .......... vii Chapter 1. Using Your Computer Outside Your Home Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power Cord Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting the Country for the Internal ThinkPad Modem ..... ..... ..... ..... 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 17 19 21 23 24 24 24 25 27 28 28 28 33 33 40 43 48 49 51 51 53 54 | Chapter 2. Using Audio, Modem, Capture, and DVD Features Using the Audio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the 3D Effects Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Speaker Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Modem Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the 56-Kbps Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephony Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Capture Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watching a DVD Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the DVD and Enhanced Video Adapter . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3. Protecting Your Computer Protecting Your Computer . . . . . . . . Using Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Personalization Editor . . . . Using Mechanical Locks . . . . . . . . . ............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Chapter 4. Using Your Computer with a Battery Pack . Using the Battery Pack ..................... Charging the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring the Battery Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Considerations When Using a Power Management Mode Using Other Battery-Saving Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5. Using Your Computer with a PC Card Using a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC Card Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC Card Support Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 i Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a PC Card in Windows 95 (with CardWorks) . Self-Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ Stopping the PC Card Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a PC Card in Windows NT (with CardWizard) Self-Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ Stopping the PC Card Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using ATA PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power Management Support ............ Using a PC Card in Windows 3.1 (with CardWizard) Self-Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formatting PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a PC Card in OS/2 (with PC Card Director) . . Stopping the PC Card ................ Using the Auto Configurator Utility . . . . . . . . . Updating the CONFIG.SYS File . . . . . . . . . . . Storage Card Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking the Allocated Resources for the PC Card Avoiding PC Card Resource Conflicts . . . . . . . Using a PC Card in DOS (with CardSoft) . . . . . . . CARDINFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Storage PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6. Resolving System Resource Conflicts Sharing an IRQ between ThinkPad Modem Devices Default IRQ Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Resources and IRQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7. Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 55 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 64 65 66 66 66 68 69 69 70 73 74 75 78 80 82 83 85 85 87 88 93 94 97 97 101 101 109 111 112 ............ ............ .... ... .... Chapter 8. Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing a New Operating System and Its Device Drivers Installing Software for Windows 98 ............ ii IBM ThinkPad 770X Online Book Overall Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing Microsoft Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Display Driver for Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . Installing the Audio Device Driver for Windows 98 . . . . . Installing the IBM TrackPoint Driver for Windows 98 . . . . Installing the ThinkPad Modem Software for Windows 98 . Installing the Video Capture Driver for Windows 98 . . . . Installing the UltraBay II Hot Swap Driver for Windows 98 Installing Software for Windows 95 ............... Overall Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing Microsoft Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Display Driver for Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . Installing PC Card Support Software for Windows 95 . . . Installing the Audio Device Driver for Windows 95 . . . . . Installing the IBM TrackPoint Driver for Windows 95 . . . . Installing the ThinkPad Modem Software for Windows 95 . Diabling the Unnecessary CD-ROM Device Drivers for Windows 95 .......................... Installing the Video Capture Driver for Windows 95 . . . . Installing the UltraBay II Hot Swap Driver for Windows 95 Installing Software for Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing Microsoft Windows NT ............... Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Display Driver for Windows NT . . . . . . . . Installing PC Card Support Software for Windows NT . . . Installing the Audio Device Driver for Windows NT . . . . . Installing the IBM TrackPoint Driver for Windows NT ... Installing the Infrared Device Driver for Windows NT . . . . Installing the ThinkPad Modem Software for Windows NT Installing the IDE Driver for Windows NT .......... Installing the Video Capture Driver for Windows NT . . . . Installing the MPEG-2 Driver for Windows NT ....... Installing Software for Windows Version 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . Overall Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 113 114 114 115 117 118 119 119 120 121 121 124 125 128 128 131 132 132 133 134 135 135 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 144 145 146 149 149 Contents iii Installing Microsoft Windows Version 3.1 .......... Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Display Driver for Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . Installing PC Card Support Software for Windows 3.1 . . . Installing the Audio Device Driver for Windows 3.1 . . . . . Installing the Infrared Device Driver for Windows 3.1 ... Installing the ThinkPad Modem Software for Windows 3.1 Installing Software for OS/2 Warp 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing IBM OS/2 Warp ................... Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for OS/2 . . Installing the PC Card Support Software for OS/2 . . . . . Installing the Audio Device Driver for OS/2 . . . . . . . . . Installing the IBM TrackPoint Driver for OS/2 . . . . . . . . Installing the Infrared Device Driver for OS/2 . . . . . . . . Installing the Display Driver for OS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the ThinkPad Modem Driver for OS/2 . . . . . . . Installing Software for PC-DOS 7.0 or MS-DOS 6.2 . . . . . . Overall Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing IBM PC DOS Version 7.0 or MS-DOS Version 6.2 Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for DOS . . Installing PC Card Support Software for DOS . . . . . . . . Installing the Audio Device Driver for DOS ......... Installing the CD-ROM Device Driver for DOS . . . . . . . Chapter 9. Using System Management . . . . . Using System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel WfM1.1a Full Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . System-Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . Desktop Management Interface (DMI) . . . . . . Remote Program Load (RPL) . . . . . . . . . . . PreBoot eXecution Environment (PXE) . . . . . . Wake on LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waking Up from Suspend Mode by Incoming Call Universal Management Agent . . . . . . . . . . . Asset ID EEPROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up System-Management Features . . . . . Enabling or Disabling Wake on LAN . . . . . . . Automatic Power-On Startup Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 152 152 153 154 155 155 157 157 157 159 159 160 160 161 161 162 164 164 164 164 165 165 166 169 170 170 170 171 172 172 172 173 173 174 174 175 177 ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... | iv IBM ThinkPad 770X Online Book Enabling or Disabling a Flash (POST/BIOS) Update from the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Appendix A. Using PS2 Commands Using PS2 Command . . . . . . . . . Syntax Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . .............. ............... ............... ............... ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............ ............. ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 181 181 182 191 191 191 193 193 193 194 195 195 199 199 199 199 200 201 201 201 202 203 204 204 204 205 206 206 206 207 209 209 Appendix B. Handling the ThinkPad . Handling Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ThinkPad Don'ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . ThinkPad Do's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . Carrying Your Computer . . . . . . . . Extending Your Computer's Battery Life Ruggedized Mobile Computers . . . . Ergonomics Information . . . . . . . . . . Appendix C. Getting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customer Support and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help at the ThinkPad Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help by Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ThinkPad EasyServ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Help around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchasing Additional Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enhanced PC Support Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900-Number Operating System and Hardware Support Line Network and Server Support Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ordering Support Line Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warranty and Repair Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining IBM Operating System Updates . . . . . . . . . . Getting Update Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ordering Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix D. Version Notice Edition Notice . . . . . . . . . ................... .................... Contents v Appendix E. Trademarks Trademarks . . . . . . . . Glossary Index ..................... ...................... 211 211 213 217 ............................... .................................. vi IBM ThinkPad 770X Online Book Finding Information in This Online User's Guide The following topics are covered in this Online User's Guide. Click on the topic you want to read: Changing the Date and Time Power Cord Requirements Selecting the Country for the Internal ThinkPad Modem Using the Audio Features Using the Modem Features Using the Capture Function Watching a DVD Movie Using the DVD and Enhanced Video Adapter Using Passwords Using the Battery Pack Using a PC Card Installing a New Operating System and Its Device Drivers Frequently Asked Questions Using System Management Handling Tips Ergonomics Information Getting Service Contents vii viii IBM ThinkPad 770X Online Book Chapter 1. Using Your Computer Outside Your Home Count This chapter provides necessary information if you are using the computer outside the country wher ...