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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:02:45 -0600, Mike Welch wrote: >I just received my 360PE in the mail today!! Yipee!! > >Now. Anybody out there have one of these? I don't know what some of >the function keys are for as I don't have the documentation. > I remember quite a bit about my 355C, including EVERYTHING inside, so ask away! >Also, could somebody tell me how to enter the CMOS setup? Tried >Ctrl+Alt+S, which works on Phoenix and/or some flavors of Award BIOS. >Tried F10 which works on Compaqs and I seem to recall some PS/2s, but >nothing happened. > F1 when you boot. >For those who might be interested, I took it all apart (down to the >point that there wasn't a THING in the case) and thought I'd share what >I found. I was hoping the DX2/66 CPU would be socketed so I could put >an AMD 5x86 in it but no such luck. > That should be correct. I don't know of many notebooks with socketed CPUs, except maybe the 755 and the Kiwis. >Here's what I didn't know and what I couldn't find on IBM's web page or >from anybody on the web: > >1. As stated, the CPU is surface mounted. I know that there IS an >upgrade module for it (for $300! yowee!). Anybody have any experience >with these upgrade modules? Does somebody actually resoulder a 5x86 CPU >on the motherboard, or what? > Good luck. The clock speed is probably fixed, and it may not support it anyways. >2. The hard disk, floppy disk and battery are all accessible by lifting >the keyboard at the front of the unit. Hard disk pulls straight out. I >was worried that it was proprietary (meaning an expensive HD upgrade) >but it turns out that IBM just used a proprietary cabinet and inside is >a standard 2.5 " laptop hard disk. Cool. > Yup. I use a 340MB HD that someone sold me. It just came out of a 755, and works great. In fact, I have it on right next to me, since that machine has no case. >3. This thing has the 8MB memory upgrade card and it's for the 700 >series notebooks, so it looks like memory is interchangable between the >two. > Well, the memory comes in a PCMCIA-like form factort, but I have no idea if it's compatible or not. >4. If you ever want to see the CPU in your 360PE have fun. It's about >as burried in the system as it could possibly be. > Yeah, it's on the bottom, from the top, the left hand upper corner, then you turn it over, and it's there. There are a lot of screws to go through though, but thank goodness it's not as bad as the 701. UGH! >5. Components: The following systems are simple, removable components, >meaning if you had to replace it you could do it yourself (and it >wouldn't require a new motherboard): PCMCIA units, floppy, hard disk, >battery, CMOS battery (and some other kind of cmos battery, perhaps for >the standby stuff?), Yup. AC --> DC converter unit, and sound unit. Your's came with the sound card in it? Mine had that option, but came factory installed with a crappy 2400bps modem. It was a weird modem, though. >Everything else is on the system board. > >Well, that's everything I learned. Hopefully someone will benefit from >me typing all of this...and maybe I'll get a couple answers too :) > One question, though - do you have the original preload? Later, Paul