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It works in any Active Matrix 75X series with the 640X480 screen. You DO NOT want to install the system prog update - that is a bios update for the 750C and you are lucky it did not work!!! ---------- > From: Joseph Manning <manning@cs.vassar.edu> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Cc: Joseph Manning <manning@cs.vassar.edu> > Subject: TP750 / TP755CX : TV tuner > Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 11:44 AM > > Hi, > > Does anyone know if the TV tuner for the ThinkPad 750 > can be made to work in the ThinkPad 755CX (SVGA, TFT) ? > > I recently got such a tuner. It comes with a diskette > marked "System Program Service Diskette", containing > a program which is supposed to be run before installing > and operating the TV tuner. However, when I tried this, > it gave me back: > > "Message > > The diskette in the default drive will not run on this system. > Your system is now locked. To restart your system, press > Ctrl+Alt+Del." > > The tuner fits in the ThinkPad as a replacement for the diskette drive, > is labelled "IBM ThinkPad 750 TV TUNER PACK", and has part numbers > FRU P/N 66G6681 and ASM P/N 59G3731. > > My suspicion (well, my hope!) is that this hardware works also in > the 755CX, but needs a different "System Program Service Diskette". > If anyone has a TV tuner working in a 755CX (SVGA, TFT), could you > please check the part number of the hardware to see if it matches > the above? And if so, could you send me a copy of the corresponding > "System Program Service Diskette"? > > Or, if you know for sure that it cannot be done, then please tell me, > so that I can return the tuner to the seller. > > Thanks! -- Joseph > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Joseph Manning / Computer Science / Vassar College / manning@cs.vassar.edu > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~