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Re: New BIOS for Thinkpad 760E+ models



Been using OSR2 on a 755CD for about 4 months with no problems.


On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Eric Giles wrote:

> Well, I have tried 4 different times to run Win95 OSR2 on my 760ED, but it
> always causes random lock-ups and failures. I have tried installing with
> FAT 16 and with FAT 32. I did not realize that some were using this on
> their 760's without any problems, besides the hibernation (which I had
> heard of, although it does not matter in my case). If I use Win95 version A
> everything works perfectly. It seems from my experience that my problems
> with OSR2 on the 760 were with the Mwave components. I would be interested
> to hear if anyone else had problems such as this with OSR2, and if the new
> BIOS fixes these problems also. BTW, I was using the most current BIOS and
> the newest drivers when I tried the OSR2 install, the last attempt being 3
> weeks ago.
> 
> Thanks for your help--
> 
> Eric Giles
> ----------
> > From: Tom Franklin <TomFrank@pacbell.net>
> > To: Tom Kustner <tom.kustner@emjay.com>; thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: New BIOS for Thinkpad 760E+ models
> > Date: Tuesday, March 04, 1997 10:00 PM
> > 
> > After upgrading to the new 1.07 BIOS I was able to create a hibernation
> > file with Win95 OSR2 on a FAT32 partition.  I guess they didn't mention
> > fixing that bug.
> > 
> > The only problem was that when I restarted to get out of the hibernation
> > mode, my computer locked up tight.  I guess hibernation feature will have
> > to wait.  Anyone have better luck.
> > 
> > ----------
> > <1.07>
> >  - (Fix) (Windows 95 only) Error pop up "1101" at power-on time when
> > the serial port confugration is changed by the Device Manager of
> > Windows 95 and the system is "docked".
> > 
> 
>