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Rob.. i have not tried NT on any of my 770's.. BUT, that having been said, here are some answers (i reserve the right to change these upon learning how foolish one or more may be<g>) Rob Bell wrote: > A couple of questions for anyone with experience running NT 4.0 Workstation on > ThinkPads, especially the 770: > > - Is there an NT equivalent to the ThinkPad's Win95 power utility program that > automatically discharges and recharges the battery? > there is, yes..NT4 is supported on the 'lesser' 770's (13.3TFT, no DVD or Mwave, etc) and these machines DO use batteries.. so the power applet is there.. but the discharge/charge option does not seem to be present.. > - Is it possible to make NT automatically power down the PC upon a WinNT > shutdown? I know about the standard WinNT registry key for this, but apparently > I need a different BIOS or power management driver to make this work? i THINK NT did on the last machine i loaded it on, which was a 760XD..but now i'm not so sure.. > > > - When using the 770 UltraBay 2nd hard drive adapter, is there a way to hook up > the CD-ROM drive externally? I have several extra hard drives from my previous > 760EL with different operating systems on them that I boot up occasionally, but > I have a need to use CDs with them as well. The floppy drive works externally, > why not the CD? > not the IBM 770 type CD..why not use your HDD in the drive bay.. ? > Thanks, > Rob > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rob Bell > Senior Consultant, CPD Professional > CSC Consulting, Minneapolis, MN > rob_bell 'at' csi 'period' com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Happy Trails... :-) ** Bill Morrow ** WEB PAGE: http://thinkpads.com DISCUSSION: http://thinkpads.com:8080/webboard/$webb.exe bill@nospam@thinkpads.com, morrow1@nospam@compuserve.com 770ED-5AU, 770-1AU(2), 760ED(1), 701C(2), 750C, IBM WorkPad Win95B & Win98-RC2