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You can swap the floppy and CDROM drive if you put the computer into
suspend mode when you flip open the keyboard. You can't do it without
going into suspend mode.
On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Jon Cleary wrote:
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> > From: Michael Bernstein <mbernste@castle.net>
> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Warm plugging on 760ED with Win 95
> > Date: 09 March 1997 12:56
> >
> >
> > Is "warm plugging" of the floppy and CD-ROM supported on the 760ED under
> > Windows 95? In the manual it only mentions OS/2 and DOS/Win (and at the
> > FTP site also under NT) but no Win 95. I have tried swapping them only
> > to have my machine lock up. If it is supported, does it require a
> > BIOS or driver update? I bought my TP brand new and tried it before
> > I started putting software on it ("virgin" state) and never got it to
> > work.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Michael Bernstein
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> DON'T DO THAT!!!!! You could damage your system board! (the TP has to
> switch between an IDE CD-ROM channel and floppy disk connector but cannot
> do that instantly, also dynamic driver loading for anything other than
> PCMCIA cards is not supported under Win95: it also has to dynamically
> change drive A:\ to D:\ ) Is there an external floppy connection kit for
> this machine?....
>
> Jon
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