Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Support on IBM ThinkPad Systems ======================================================== Version 1.31 June 16, 1997 This document contains information to assist you in using Microsoft** Windows** NT 4.0 operating system on IBM* ThinkPad systems. * Trademark of IBM Corporation ** Trademark of Microsoft Corporation IBM Personal Computer Company ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents ================= 0.0 What's new in this release 1.0 Before installing Windows NT Workstation V4.0 1.1. How to get the updated software from IBM 1.2. Backing up your software and data 1.3. Removing preinstalled software 1.4. Before installing Windows NT Workstation 2.0. Install and Setup Windows NT 4.0 on ThinkPad 2.1.0 Before you proceed 2.1.1. During Windows NT Workstation V 4.0 installation 2.1.2. Install ThinkPad 760/365X/560 Family NT 4.0 Display Driver 2.1.2.1. Display driver upgrade from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 2.1.3. How to use Display Driver with external CRT monitor 2.1.4. Install ThinkPad 755 Family NT 4.0 Display Driver 2.1.5. Using IBM PCMCIA Network Adapter Cards on ThinkPad 2.1.5.1 Upgrading IBM PCMCIA Token Ring Driver on ThinkPad 2.1.6. Using Windows NT ThinkPad Features Program 2.1.6.1 Installing the ThinkPad Feature 2.1.6.2 ThinkPad Features Usage Note 2.1.6.2.1 Consideration of Suspend/Resume on ThinkPad 2.1.6.2.2 FDD Drive/CD-ROM drive warm swapping for 760E 2.1.6.2.3 Upgrading PIIXIDE driver from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 2.1.7. Using Windows NT 4.0 Audio Driver for 760L/760EL/760XL/365X/560 2.1.7.1. Upgrading ESS Audio Driver from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 2.1.8 Using ThinkPad Mwave/DSP Features on Windows NT 4.0 2.1.8.1 Installing Mwave for Windows NT 4.0 2.1.8.2 Tips for Mwave/DSP Feature program 2.1.9 Using ThinkPad Infrared Features on Windows NT 4.0 2.1.9.1 Installing Infrared Device Driver 2.1.9.2 Configure the Infrared Port for Dial-Up Networking 2.1.10 Using ThinkPad PC Card Director on Windows NT 4.0 | 2.1.10.1 Installing the PC Card Director 2.1.10.2 PC Card Support Features 2.1.10.3 PC Card Director Useful Hints 2.1.11 Using MPEG-2 Feature on Windows NT 4.0 2.1.11.1 Installing the MPEG-2 feature driver 2.1.11.2 Helpful hints how to use the MPEG driver | 3.0. Known limitations with Windows NT 4.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 0.0 What's new in this release ------------------------------- This release (ver 1.31) is the fifth release for ThinkPad Windows NT 4.0 support. Minor correction is made in section 3.0 (known limitations). This version also describes some consideration when installing PC Card Director if you install the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack. See section 2.1.10.1. --------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Before installing Windows NT Workstation V4.0 --------------------------------------------------- 1.1. How to get the updated software from IBM --------------------------------------------- Before you install Windows NT Workstation on your ThinkPad, you may need to get some updated software from IBM or Microsoft. IBM PC Company is providing the updated software through several channels as follows. It is suggested you get the latest software from those channels so that you can set up Windows NT on your ThinkPad systems with the information described in this document. The home page for IBM PC Company file library index for Windows NT is; http://www.us.pc.ibm.com/support/tps/tpwnt.html The IBM PC Company FTP server address for mobile product software fixes and patches is; ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles Use a terminal emulation software and modem to connect the IBM PC Company BBS in the US. The phone number is: 919-517-0001. If you cannot get the updated software from either one, please contact your IBM representative, or contact IBM HelpCenter (1-800- 772-2227 in the US) for more information. 1.2. Backing up your software and data -------------------------------------- IBM recommends that you use a diskette backup program on your system to create recovery diskettes of the preinstalled operating systems, device drivers and applications. In addition, IBM recommends that you back up all data files to disk before installing Windows NT Workstation. 1.3. Removing preinstalled software ----------------------------------- If you purchase a SelectaSystem model and are using OS/2 Warp version 3, Windows NT cannot be installed with OS/2 Warp dual boot configuration in the SelectaSystem. Therefore, if you wish to install Windows NT, OS/2 Warp should be removed from your system along with all the preinstalled OS/2 applications. If you wish to continue using OS/2 Warp with Windows NT, you need to use OS/2 Warp Boot Manager. For more information, refer to Windows NT Installation Guide. 1.4 Before installing Windows NT Workstation ---------------------------------------------- Before you install Windows NT Workstation, it is recommended that you review the information which is available in the Windows NT installation guide. You can install Windows NT Workstation using SCSI CD-ROM in all IBM Docking Station or the built in CD-ROM such as in ThinkPad 755CD, 760CD, 760ED/XD and 365XD. If your system does not support IBM docking connection or the internal CD-ROM drive is not available, there is an alternative way to install the software. 1. If your CD-ROM drive can be connected under DOS environment, Windows NT installation can be done under DOS. - Insert the Windows NT workstation compact disc in the CD-ROM drive, and on the DOS command prompt, change the CDdrive:ŽI386 directory. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is recognized as drive D:, change to the D:ŽI386 - At the DOS command prompt, type D:\I386>winnt then follow the instruction on the screen to start Windows NT installation. 2. You can install Windows NT workstation on multiple computers by first copying the Windows NT Workstation master source files to a shared drive on a network computer. After connecting your system to network such as with DOS LAN requester, installation can be done at DOS command prompt copying files from your network server. Refer to Windows NT Workstation Install Guide for the details. ------------------------------------------------- 2.0. Install and Setup Windows NT 4.0 on ThinkPad ------------------------------------------------- 2.1.0. Before you proceed ------------------------- You need to get the following updated software before installing Windows NT Workstation V4.0 on your ThinkPad. Necessary: - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation V4.0 with the latest Service Pack - ThinkPad Windows NT 4.0 Display Driver V1.00 (VFTP4WNT) (ThinkPad 760/365X/560 Family) - Windows NT ThinkPad Feature Program V 3.50 (UTTPGWNT) (ThinkPad 760/365X/560 Family) - Windows NT ThinkPad Feature Program V 1.00 (UT75XWNT) (ThinkPad 755CE/CD/CDV/CX) - Windows NT ThinkPad Power Management Driver V1.00 (PM75XWNT) (ThinkPad 755CE/CD/CX/CDV) - Windows NT 4.0 ESS Audio Driver V1.00 (AFTP4WNT) (ThinkPad 760L/LD/EL/ELD/365X/365XD/560) - Windows NT Mwave/DSP Feature Diskette V2.42 (ThinkPad 755/760 Family) (MWAVENT1 DSP/Mwave Driver Install Disk 1 of 2) (MWAVENT2 DSP/Mwave Driver Install Disk 2 of 2) - Mwave MIDI Sample file diskettes for NT (MWMIDNT1 MIDI Sample Inst Disk 1 of 6 v57b) (MWMIDNT2 MIDI Sample Disk 2 of 6 v57b) (MWMIDNT3 MIDI Sample Disk 3 of 6 v57b) (MWMIDNT4 MIDI Sample Disk 4 of 6 v57b) (MWMIDNT5 MIDI Sample Disk 5 of 6 v57b) (MWMIDNT6 MIDI Sample Disk 6 of 6 v57b) - Windows NT Infrared Feature Driver V1.00 (IRTPGWNT) (ThinkPad 755/760/365X/560 Family) - Windows NT 4.0 PC Card Director V1.01 (PCTP4WNT) (All ThinkPad Family) - Windows NT 4.0 MPEG-2 Feature Driver V1.00 (MPTP4WNT) (ThinkPad 760ED/760XD) Following tables shows the summary of the device drivers required for Windows NT 4.0 depends on your ThinkPad models. o : Supported/required device drivers for the model - : Not supported/required device drivers for the model +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |ThinkPad |Driver | 760ED| 760CD| 365XD| 560 |755CX | |Model Name |File Name | 760E | 760C | 365X | |755CE | | | | 760XD| | | |755CD | | | | | | | |755CDV| |--------------------------|------------|------|------|------|-----|------| |MWAVE/DSP Driver | MWAVENT1 | o | o | - | - | o | | | MWAVENT2 | o | o | - | - | o | | | | | | | | | |MWave MIDI Sample Files | MWMIDIW1 | o | o | - | - | o | | | MWMIDI-2 | o | o | - | - | o | | | MWMIDI-3 | o | o | - | - | o | | | MWMIDI-4 | o | o | - | - | o | | | MWMIDI-5 | o | o | - | - | o | | | MWMIDI-6 | o | o | - | - | o | | | | | | | | | |NT 4.0 ESS Audio Driver | AFTP4WNT | - | - | o | o | - | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ThinkPad Utility V1.00 | UT75XWNT | - | - | - | - | o | | | | | | | | | |ThinkPad Utility V3.50 | UTTPGWNT | o | o | o | o | - | | | | | | | | | |Power Management driver | PM75XWNT | - | - | - | - | o | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |NT 4.0 Display Driver | VFTP4WNT | o | o | o | o | - | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Infrared Feature Driver | IRTPGWNT | o | o | o | o | o | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |NT4.0 PC Card Director | PCTP4WNT | o | o | o | o | o | |V1.01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |NT4.0 MPEG-2 Feature | MPTP4WNT | o | - | - | - | - | |V1.00 (760ED/XD only) | | | | | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------+ |ThinkPad |Driver |760EL | 760L | |Model Name |File Name |760ELD| 760LD| | | |760XL | | | | | | | |--------------------------|------------|------|------| |NT 4.0 ESS Audio Driver | AFTP4WNT | o | o | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | |ThinkPad Utility V3.50 | UTTPGWNT | o | o | | | | | | |NT 4.0 Display Driver | VFTP4WNT | o | o | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | |Infrared Feture Driver | IRTPGWNT | o | o | |V1.00 | | | | | | | | | |NT4.0 PC Card Director | PCTP4WNT | o | o | |V1.01 | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+ NOTICE: For the most recent ThinkPad models such as 760XL/XD, Windows NT device driver diskettes are preloaded. Use the drivers preloaded if the same drivers are found. However, some drivers are not available at the time of preloading. Download when you require the the additional drivers if it is not found in your preload system. 2.1.1. During Windows NT Workstation V 4.0 installation --------------------------------------------------------- - You may get the following device drivers that are available in the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM in the DRVLIB directory. These drivers are tested by Microsoft on ThinkPad. However, IBM recommends that you will download the most recent drivers from IBM PC Company Windows NT Web site. o ESS1688 Audio driver in \Drvlib\Audio\Ess\I386 This driver is generic driver common for all notebook/desktop vendors that supports ESS 1688/1788 chip. This driver does not support suspend/ resume power management function. Recommend to use IBM version so that suspend/resume power management feature is used in your computer. o Trident Video Driver in \Drvlib\Video\X86\Trident This driver is generic driver common for all notebook/desktop vendors that supports Trident 9320/9382/9385 video chip. This driver has limitation in the display switching between LCD panel and CRT display, not customized to support ThinkPad specific CRT refresh rate. Recommended to use IBM version to get these features. IBM also fixed ThinkPad unique video driver problems found in the original display driver. o Mwave device driver in \Drvlib\Mwave\ThinkPad This driver does not support suspend/resume power management feature. Recommended to use the latest Mwave driver available in PCCo. web site because IBM updated the driver to support power management feature, fixed some problems in the original driver such as audio/modem concurrency issue. 2.1.2. Install ThinkPad 760/365X/560 Family NT 4.0 Display Driver ------------------------------------------------------------------ - This device driver supports the following display feature on your ThinkPad. 640x480 256/64K colors 16 M colors 800x600 256/64K colors 16M colors (760ED only) 1024x768 256 colors 64K colors (760E/XD/XL XGA TFT panel model only) 1280x1024 256 colors (760E/XD/XL only with CRT mode) If you install Windows NT 4.0 as new install, follow the instruction below. If you install upgrading from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0, refer to section 2.1.2.1 Installation Instruction: 1. Boot Windows NT Workstation and logon the system with Administrator's password. 2. Select "My Computer" icon then select "Control Panel", select "Display" 3. At Display Properties menu screen, select the "Settings" tab and then select "Display Type..." Select "Change..." at Display Type menu 4. Select "Have Disk..." at Change Display screen. Insert the display driver diskette in the A drive. 5. The correct driver IBM ThinkPad (Cyber 9320/9382/9385) will be displayed. Select the following list and select "Install" button. "IBM ThinkPad (Cyber 9320/9382/9385)" An information message of "You are about to install a third-party driver." will appear on the screen. Select "Yes" to precede with the installation. The device driver will start loading. 6. Select "OK" to exit the Display Drivers Properties window and reboot the system. Remove the Display Driver diskette from the A drive, then close from the Display type Window. 7. After restarting Windows NT, display resolution/color depth is set to: 640x480/256 colors as the default. You can change the resolution/color depth other than the default value. To do this: - Go to Control Panel, select "Display" - At Display Properties, select "Settings" tab. Select "List All Modes..." and select resolution/color depth/refresh rate you need. - Select "Test" button and make sure the selected mode is displayed correctly - Select "OK" or "Apply" if the test bitmap showed properly. 2.1.2.1. Display driver upgrade from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 ----------------------------------------------------- If you upgrade the operating system from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0, special consideration is required for your ThinkPad. Since display driver has no upward compatibility, NT 3.51 display driver is no longer compatible with NT 4.0. To upgrade the display driver from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0, follow the instructions below: 1. After you install NT 4.0 upgrading from NT 3.51, you see the following message together with Display Control Panel first time you start Windows NT 4.0. " The currently selected graphic display driver can not be used. It was written for a previous version of Windows NT, and is no longer compatible with this version of Windows NT. The system has been started using the default VGA driver. Please contact your hardware manufacture to get an updated driver, or select one of the Microsoft provided drivers." - Select "OK" to start installing the NT 4.0 display driver. To do this: Select "Have Disk..." on "Change Display" menu - Select "IBM ThinkPad (Cyber 9320/9382/9385)" and precede to install NT 4.0 display driver - When installation is completed, Windows NT shows you the following message on "System Settings Change" Panel. " You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now ?" - Select "NO" on this panel. You need to continue to work on Windows NT ----- desktop. 2. Before restarting the computer, it is required to disable the NT 3.51 display driver. If you do not disable the NT 3.51 driver, Windows NT 4.0 will prompts you to install the new driver again at next boot time. To avoid this, follow the next steps: - Double click "Devices" icon on Control Panel. - Select "trident" as device name, then select "Startup..." Change the device start-up type from "System" to "Disabled" - Close this menu and restart the computer. When your computer is restarted, Windows NT 4.0 display driver will take effect. 2.1.3. How to use display driver with your external CRT monitor --------------------------------------------------------------- After you install the Windows NT display driver, take the following steps to configure to use with your external CRT monitor. 1. Start Windows NT Workstation. 2. When "OS Loader V4.00" screen appears to select the operating system to start, change the screen to CRT only mode by pressing Fn+F7 hot key. 3. Precede to logon Windows NT. Windows NT desktop is shown on the external CRT monitor. 4. When Windows NT is started, select "Display" on "Control Panel" 5. On Display Settings menu, select high resolution mode (800x600, 1024x768 etc.) and Refresh Frequency by selecting "List All Modes". 6. Select "Test" to make sure that your CRT monitor will show the test bitmap properly. 7. If this test bitmap showed properly, select "Apply" or "OK" to take effect. < Note > A. If you install the Windows NT ThinkPad Feature program, you can switch the display mode to CRT only mode or CRT/LCD simultaneous mode after you start Windows NT. You can also switch the display mode from LCD only mode to CRT only mode or to CRT/LCD simultaneous mode pressing Fn+F7 hot key anytime. Notice of using external CRT ----------------------------- - Dynamic resolution change between CRT only mode and LCD mode or panning function are not supported. If you use with 1024x768 CRT only mode and need to switch from CRT mode to LCD mode of 800x600 resolution for example, you must change the resolution to 800x600 on CRT mode first, then switch the screen mode to to LCD mode. - On NT 4.0, you may configure the different video mode configuration profile such as one for LCD mode configuration and another one for CRT only mode configuration. Refer to Windows NT user guide for the detail hardware profile setting. - If your computer is ThinkPad 760CD and MPEG/Enhanced Video Feature is enabled, maximum resolution is forced to 800x600. If you need to set the resolution of 1024x768 on CRT mode, disable MPEG/Enhanced Video Feature with ThinkPad Utility. MPEG/Enhanced Video Feature is enabled as the default setting. MPEG/Enhanced Video Feature is not supported on Windows NT environment on 760CD. 2.1.4. Install ThinkPad 755 Family NT 4.0 Display Driver -------------------------------------------------------- The display driver for ThinkPad 755 Family computer is provided in the Windows NT standard driver. When you install Windows NT 4.0, video adapter type is automatically detected by the system. You do not need to install the separate display driver for 755 family computer. Video adapter type automatically detected for the 755 family ThinkPad is: Adapter Type: wdvga compatible display adapter Chip Type : Western Digital 90C24A This driver supports the following resolution/color depth: 640x480, 256 colors 640x480, 64K colors 800x600, 256 colors (755CX on LCD mode, all others in CRT only mode) 1024x768, 256 colors (CRT only mode) Notice of using external CRT ----------------------------- - Dynamic resolution change between CRT only mode and LCD mode or panning function are not supported. If you use with 1024x768 CRT only mode and need to switch from CRT mode to LCD mode of 640x480 resolution for example, you must change the resolution to 640x480 on CRT mode first, then switch the screen mode to to LCD mode. - On NT 4.0, you may configure the different video mode configuration profile such as one for LCD mode configuration and another one for CRT only mode configuration. Refer to Windows NT user guide for the detail hardware profile setting. 2.1.5. Using IBM PCMCIA Network Adapter Cards on ThinkPad --------------------------------------------------------- Windows NT 4.0 integrates the most of the popular network adapter cards for PCMCIA network adapters, ISA adapters and PCI network adapters. Use the following device drivers which are included in the NT Workstation 4.0 CD-ROM for IBM PCMCIA network adapter cards: Adapter Type Adapter driver name in the option list ------------------- --------------------------------------- IBM Token Ring PCMCIA CCA-I IBM Token Ring(ISA/PCMCIA) Adapter IBM Token Ring PCMCIA CCA-II IBM Token Ring(ISA/PCMCIA) Adapter IBM Auto 16/4 PCMCIA Token Ring IBM Token Ring(ISA/PCMCIA) Adapter IBM Ethernet-II PCMCIA Card IBM Ethernet PCMCIA and Compatible Adapter For the installation of the network driver, follow the instructions below. 1. Select "Control Panel", then select "Network" 2. Select "Adapters" tab on Network menu, then select "Add" 3. Select the network adapter from the option list and select "OK" to start installing the driver files. During the installation of the PCMCIA network card, you are prompted to enter the adapter card option parameters. It is recommended to chose the following value as the most typical parameters: IBM Token Ring PCMCIA CCA I : IBM Token Ring PCMCIA CCA-II : IBM Auto 16/4 PCMCIA Token Ring : I/O Port Base Address --> Primary Type --> PCMCIA Bus Number --> 0 Card IRQ Level --> 7 or 9 Memory Base --> 0xCA000 or higher value IBM Ethernet-II PCMCIA Card : IRQ Level --> 7 or 9 Memory Base Address --> 0xC8000 or higher value I/O Port Address --> 200, 260 or higher value 2.1.5.1 Upgrading IBM PCMCIA Token Ring Driver on ThinkPad --------------------------------------------------------- If you upgrade the system from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 with the previous PCMCIA token ring driver of "Token-Ring Auto 16/4 PC Card", Windows NT shows you a pop up message during the NT 4.0 installation time. "The following non-Microsoft networking component is installed on this computer. Token-Ring Auto 16/4 PC Card driver. Although your network connection may function properly after the update is completed, the component may be removed and replaced with a new version." You may remove the previous version of this driver and replace with the Windows NT 4.0 standard PCMCIA token ring driver. To replace with the standard driver, follow the instruction below: 1. Start Windows NT 4.0 and logon system with the administrator's password. 2. On "Control Panel", select "Network", then select "Adapter" tab 3. Select Token-Ring Auto 16/4 PC Card in the "Network Adapter" list Select "Remove" to remove the previous adapter. 4. Select "Add" and select "IBM Token Ring (ISA/PCMCIA) Adapter" to install NT 4.0 PCMCIA token ring driver. 5. After installing the new driver, it is required to modify the following key in registry. Use Regedit to invoke the Registry Editor: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia\DateBase\IBM TOKENRING "Driver:ibmtkpcm" --> change to "Driver:IBMTOK" 6. Close the registry editor and restart your computer After restarting the computer, new token ring driver will take effect. 2.1.6. Using Windows NT ThinkPad Features Program ------------------------------------------------- The Windows NT ThinkPad Feature Program is designed to configure the ThinkPad (similar to the Windows 95 Device Manager). This program allows for hardware configuration, informs remaining battery hour, and controls suspend/resume as you do in the Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 environment. 2.1.6.1 Installing the ThinkPad Feature --------------------------------------- To install this program, follow the instructions below. o If your ThinkPad is 755 series of ThinkPad, download UT75XWNT (ThinkPad Utility Diskette) and Power Management driver (PM75XWNT). Install instruction for 755CE/CD/CV/CVD/CX ThinkPad --------------------------------------------------- 1-1 Start Windows NT 4.0 on your ThinkPad 1-2 Insert ThinkPad Power Management driver diskette into your diskette drive (A:). Select "Start" on desktop and select "Run..." 1-3 Type "A:\PMINSTN", then select "OK" to proceed to install the Power Management device driver. 1-4 Insert ThinkPad Utility Diskette into your diskette drive (A:). Select "Start" on desktop and select ""Run..." 1-5 Type "A:\INSTDRV.EXE" to proceed to install the ThinkPad Feature NT device driver. When this driver is installed, following message is shown on the Windows NT DOS screen session. "Installation complete for ThinkPad Feature NT driver. Shutdown and restart Windows NT. Run INSTALLN to install ThinkPad Feature program after Windows NT is started." < Note > If you have already installed an old version ThinkPad Features and Fuel Gauge program is running currently, close the fuel gauge program before installing the device driver. If it is not closed, "DLL load error" message will be shown. 1-6 Shutdown and restart Windows NT. Insert this Utility Diskette again into diskette drive and select "Start" and select "Run..." 1-5 Type "A:\INSTALLN.EXE" to proceed to install the ThinkPad Feature program. Take the check mark OFF for Personalization Editor, then select "install". 1-6 Logoff Windows NT and logon again to start using ThinkPad Feature program. The Fuel Gauge program icon will be automatically started after you logon the Windows NT. o If your ThinkPad is either 760 Family, 365X Family or 560, download the ThinkPad Utility Diskette, V3.50 (UTTPGWNT) Install instruction for 760C/760CD/760L/760LD/760E/760ED/760EL/760ELD/365X/ 365XD/560/760XL/760XD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-1 Start Windows NT 4.0 on your ThinkPad 1-2 Insert this Utility Diskette into your diskette drive (A:). Select "Start" on desktop and select ""Run..." 1-3 Type "A:\INSTALLN.EXE" to proceed to install the ThinkPad Feature program. Take the check mark OFF for Personalization Editor, then select "install". Power Management drivers as well as the ThinkPad Utility program will be automatically installed into the hard disk. 1-4 Shutdown and restart to use the ThinkPad Feature. 2.1.6.2 ThinkPad Features Usage Note ------------------------------------ This section describes how to use the ThinkPad Features, Fuel Gauge Program and Personalization Editor. Refer to ThinkPad Features Online Help for the general information. This section contains some unique information associated with the Windows NT environment which is not included in the Online Help. ThinkPad Feature supports the following function depends on your system. Supported Function Applicable ThinkPad Models --------------------------- ------------------------------------------ Device Configuration and All ThinkPad model Setup Fuel Gauge monitor All ThinkPad model Personalization Editor All ThinkPad model Suspend/Resume All ThinkPad model Power Management Diskette Drive/CD-ROM drive 760E/760ED/760EL/760ELD/760XL/760XD only Warm swap in Ultra bay 2.1.6.2.1 Consideration of Suspend/Resume on ThinkPad ----------------------------------------------------- Suspend/Resume feature is supported on all ThinkPad model under Windows NT once you install the ThinkPad Utility or power management driver. However, if the system is connected to the docking station or when some PC Card is inserted in the PCMCIA slot, the suspend operation will set the system entering into STANDBY mode if the system is used with AC power mode. This is to avoid the problems such as communication link break or failure when the system is used with the network environment. If you set the suspend timer using the ThinkPad Utility with power mode settings, suspend will be initiated automatically after the time out value if no activity is detected by the system. However, if your computer has CD-ROM drive and enable "AutoRun" feature, computer will not enter into the suspend mode. You must disable CD-ROM AutoRun Feature if the timer suspend is required. To disable AutoRun feature, set the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\ "Autorun: 0x1" --> change to "Autorun: 0" Autorun is enabled by the default on Windows NT 4.0. 2.1.6.2.2 FDD Drive/CD-ROM drive warm swapping on 760E/760XD/760XL ------------------------------------------------------------------ The ThinkPad PIIX IDE device driver loads the IDE device driver for the UltraBay. This UltraBay in the IBM ThinkPad provides the capability to use different devices such as a CD-ROM, diskette drive, disk drive or a battery. The first step in this section is to install the device driver ThinkPad PIIX IDE. Once the driver is successfully installed, the diskette drive in the UltraBay needs to be enabled. Up to this point the device residing in the ThinkPad's UltraBay is a CD-ROM used during the installation of Windows NT. The diskette drive is located in the FDD External Attachment Kit connected to the back of the ThinkPad. Therefore, NT only recognize the external diskette drive as the only and primary diskette drive in the system. To enable the internal diskette drive port (in the UltraBay) the Utility Diskette provides the command, TPFDD.EXE. This command is used at a C: prompt with two parameters: Command Result ------- ------- TPFDD I (I = Internal) Enables the diskette drive in the UltraBay as the primary diskette drive in the system. If two diskette drives are installed, one in the UltraBay and one in the FDD External Attachment Kit, then the UltraBay's diskette drive will be A: drive and the external diskette drive will become the B: drive. TPFDD E (E = External) Disable the diskette drive as the primary diskette drive in the UltraBay. TPSWAP.EXE is the another command available for NT 4.0. This command works together with the previous command, TPFDD. Once the diskette drive in the UltraBay is enabled, "warm swapping" may be possible by executing the command TPSWAP. TPSWAP E (E = Enable) Enables "warm swap" support which means UltraBay devices can be exchanged while the system is in suspend mode. When the keyboard is lifted the ThinkPad system enters suspend mode automatically. For example, during the suspend mode you may exchange a CD-ROM for a diskette drive or vice versa without having to reboot the system. This is called "warm" swapping. TPSWAP D (D = Disable) Disables "warm swapping". Installing the ThinkPad PIIX IDE driver --------------------------------------- 1. Start Windows NT 4.0 on your computer. 2. Close any active applications by double clicking on the upper left hand corner of the window. 3. Select "Control Panel", then select "SCSI Adapters" 4. From the SCSI Adapters window, select "Drivers" tab, then select "Add..." to add a new driver. 5. Insert ThinkPad Utility Disk into diskette drive and select "Have Disk..." The system will beep with the Install from Disk window. Select the "OK" button. 6. The Install Driver dialog box will appear. Select "IBM ThinkPad PIIX IDE Driver" and select "OK". 7. Windows NT prompts you to restart your computer before the new settings will take effect. Select "No" to proceed for the next steps. After the installation of the device driver PIIXIDE.SYS the next step consists of activating the diskette drive in the UltraBay. The files TPFDD.EXE and TPSWAP.EXE provide support for this feature. These two files are included in the ThinkPad Utility Disk. The following are the steps to activate the diskette drive in the UltraBay: 8. Select "Start", then "Programs, then, "MS-DOS" 9. Change to the A: drive 10. Type "TPFDD I" from the DOS command prompt This file activates the diskette drive port in the UltraBay side. This command is required only once as long as you keep using the diskette drive or CD-ROM in the UltraBay. To disable the internal diskette drive bring it to its default setting, execute the command "TPFDD E". 11. Type "TPSWAP E" from the MS-DOS command prompt. This enables the warm swap feature. If you want to disable this feature, type "TPSWAP D". 12. Type "Exit" to close the MS-DOS windows 13. Close the Control Panel by double clicking on the upper left corner and retrieve the diskette from the A drive. 14. Shutdown Windows NT to make the new features PIIX IDE driver, UltraBay, and warm swap in the UltraBay effective. To test the warm swapping feature, take the following steps: 15. Start Windows NT, then insert the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM player. 16. Select "My Computer" icon from the desktop, then select the CD-ROM icon. You may view the files in the CD-ROM drive. 15. Close the CD-ROM view by double clicking on the upper left hand corner. 16. Retrieve the Windows NT Workstation CD-ROM 17. Lift the keyboard by sliding the tabs on the side towards the LCD panel. 18. Carefully retrieve the CD-ROM drive by pulling the blue tabs. Do not apply force to the center of the drive. 19. Insert the diskette drive in the UltraBay, then close the keyboard. 20. Insert any diskette in the A drive. Then select the 31/2 Floppy(A:) from the Control Panel. 21. View the contents of the diskette ThinkPad devices may be "warm swapped" in the UltraBay. 2.1.6.2.3 Upgrading PIIXIDE driver from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 --------------------------------------------------------- If you upgrade the system from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 with previous PIIX IDE driver installed, Windows NT Event Viewer logs the following error log message: "Driver detected an internal error in its data structure.." It is required to upgrade the PIIX IDE driver which is included in the ThinkPad Utility diskette. Follow the instruction below to upgrade the Windows NT 4.0 PIIX IDE driver: 1. On "Control Panel", double click "SCSI Adapters". Select "Drivers" tab and select "PIIX Bus Master IDE Controller" and select "Remove". 2. Insert ThinkPad Utility Disk into diskette drive and select "Have Disk..." Select the "OK" button. 3. The Install Driver dialog box will appear. Select "IBM ThinkPad PIIX IDE Driver" and click "OK" . 4 Windows NT prompts you to restart your computer before the new settings will take affect. Select "No" if you need to use the "Warm Swap" feature. Refer to section 2.1.6.2.2 for enabling warm swap option. 2.1.7. Using Windows NT 4.0 Audio Driver for 760L/760EL/760XL/365X/560 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This diskette contains the Windows NT 4.0 ESS Audio device driver for IBM ThinkPad 760L/760LD/760EL/760ELD/760XL/365X/365XD/560. Using this audio driver diskette, you may be able to play back the WAVE/MIDI audio or recording the WAVE files on Windows NT. Installing NT 4.0 ESS Audio Driver ----------------------------------- To install this audio disk, take the following steps. Note: Before installing NT 4.0 ESS Audio Driver, make sure that ESS Audio device is enabled. Using ThinkPad Feature program, enable ESS audio device if it is disabled. Audio driver install will fail if it is disabled. 1. Start and logon Windows NT 4.0 on your ThinkPad with Administrator's password. 2. Select "My Computer", select "Control Panel", then select "Multimedia" 3. On "Multimedia Properties", select "Devices" tab and select "Add..." 4. On "Add" menu, select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" and select "OK" 5. Insert Windows NT 4.0 ESS Audio driver disk in the diskette drive. Specify drive/path name "A:\" on the "Install Driver" menu. 6. Select "ES1688 AudioDrive 2.00.", then select "OK" 7. After the driver is installed, Windows NT shows you the pop-up message prompting you to restart Windows NT. Restart Windows NT Changing the Default Setting ---------------------------- If you need to change the default setting of ESS audio resources such as Interrupt number, DMA channel and I/O base address, use the ThinkPad Feature program. ThinkPad Feature allows you the following alternative setting for the each resources: Base I/O Address: 220 or 240 (220 is default) Interrupt : 5 , 7 or 10 (5 is default) DMA channel : 1 or 0 (1 is default) To change the default setting, follow the next steps: - Run ThinkPad Feature program - Change the default setting using the ThinkPad Feature - Shutdown and restart Windows NT Windows NT audio driver will be configured with the setting you changed with ThinkPad Feature program next time when you restart the system. Playback and Recording ----------------------- You may record or play back the WAVE file or play back MIDI files using "Sound Recorder" or "Media Player" provided in the "Accessories" group under Windows NT. For more information, refer to Microsoft Windows NT Workstation User's Guide. To enable suspend/resume feature for audio device ------------------------------------------------- In order to allow the suspend/resume feature on Windows NT, ThinkPad Feature must be installed into your computer. 2.1.7.1. Upgrading ESS Audio Driver from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------- If you upgrade the system from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 with previous ESS audio driver installed, it is required to upgrade the audio driver for NT 4.0. Follow the instructions below to start upgrading the driver: 1. Start and logon Windows NT 4.0 on your ThinkPad with Administrator's password. 2. Select "My Computer", select "Control Panel", then select "Multimedia" 3. On "Multimedia Properties", select "Devices" tab and double click "Audio Devices". Select "ES1688/ES1788 Audio Device" and select "Remove". 4. When the previous driver is removed, Windows NT shows you the pop-up message prompting to restart Windows NT. Restart Windows NT 5. After Windows NT is restarted, install Windows NT 4.0 ESS audio driver. Refer to section 2.1.7 for the installation instruction. 2.1.8 Using ThinkPad Mwave/DSP Features on Windows NT 4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------- On Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Mwave/DSP Features are supported on all ThinkPad models (755CE/755CD/755CX/755CDV/760C/760CD/760E/760ED/760XD). Installing Windows NT Mwave Feature program, you can use modem application (28.8K data modem communication), run FAX application, MIDI/WAVE file sound application, and CD-Audio playback function on your computer. 2.1.8.1 Installing Mwave for Windows NT 4.0 --------------------------------------------- To install Windows NT Mwave driver, you must have ThinkPad Feature program installed to set or change the Mwave DSP resource. In order to use MIDI, you must install MIDI sample files which are on separate diskettes. These MIDI sample diskettes are common diskette used for Window 3.1 or Windows 95. Enable DSP before installing Mwave driver ----------------------------------------- o Before installing Mwave on your ThinkPad, make sure that the DSP is enabled. - On ThinkPad 755 family computers: 1. From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Programs -> Thinkpad Setup -> DSP. 2. Verify that the DSP device is enabled. If not, click the Enable radio button. Also, make sure the Modem checkbox is checked. 3. Choose the Save button. 4. Exit Windows NT and restart your computer in order for the changes to take effect. - On ThinkPad 760 family computers: 1. From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Programs -> ThinkPad -> ThinkPad Features. 2. Click the Modem button. Verify that the modem is enabled. If not, click the Enable radio button. 3. Choose the OK button. 4. Exit Windows NT and restart your computer in order for the changes to take effect. Installing Mwave driver for Windows NT -------------------------------------- To run Mwave under Windows NT, your computer must have a minimum of 16 MB of RAM. To install: o From the Windows NT Start menu, select Run. o Type "A:\SETUP" in the "Open" field of the Run dialog. o Place installation disk #1 in your disk drive. o Click OK. NOTE: For Windows NT, the DAA options diskette is not required. NOTE: Non-US users must run the Country Selection Application AFTER Mwave installation and reboot. Reboot again after running the Country Selection Application. NOTE: To support suspend/resume power management for Mwave features, ThinkPad Feature must be installed if your computer is either 760C, 760CD, 760E, 760ED or 760XD. You must install ThinkPad Power Management Support Driver if your computer is either 755CE, 755CD, 755CX or 755CDV. Installing MIDI Samples in Windows NT ------------------------------------- In order to use MIDI, you must install the MIDI Samples. This is a sepa- rate installation. To install the Mwave MIDI Samples: 1. Insert the MIDI installation disk in your diskette drive and run the MIDI Samples install program. 2. Respond "Yes" or "No" when asked if you wish to use the samples. 3. When the installation is complete, use the Windows NT Control Panel to select the Mwave MIDI Synthesizer as the default MIDI device: a) From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Settings -> Control Panel and then double-click the Multimedia icon. b) Click on the MIDI tab. c) Click on the Single Instrument radio button if it is not already selected. d) Check to see if "Mwave MIDI Synthesizer" appears in the box directly under the Single instrument radio button. If it doesn't, select the Mwave MIDI Synthesizer entry in the list box, and then press OK. 4. Shutdown Windows NT and reboot. Using Control Panel to add the Mwave Modem ------------------------------------------ After installing the Mwave drivers and MIDI samples, you will need to tell Windows NT about your Mwave modem. Windows NT does not provide a way for the Mwave installation program to do this for you automatically, so you must use the Windows NT Control Panel to manually configure the communication port and add the modem. Step 1 is to configure the communication port. Once you've completed the first step, the Mwave Modem will then be recognized by Windows NT. You can then begin using communication applications that don't require Unimodem support. Use the ThinkPad Setup utility (for ThinkPad 755 computers) or ThinkPad Features program (for ThinkPad 760 computers) to select a COM port for your modem. Then use the Windows NT Control Panel to define the same port. If you are using a ThinkPad 755, follow these steps. Then move on to the COM port verification procedure. Step1: Configure ThinkPad COM port: ----------------------------------- 1. From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Programs -> ThinkPad Setup -> DSP. 2. Choose one of the COM ports shown in the Telephony Function box. A message appears if the COM port is already in use. 3. Choose the Save button. If you are using a ThinkPad 760, follow these steps. Then move on to the COM port verification procedure. 1. From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Programs -> ThinkPad -> ThinkPad Features. 2. Click on the Modem button. (It looks like a handset phone.) 3. In the Internal Modem dialog box, choose a COM port. 4. Click on the OK button. To verify the COM port that you have chosen, follow these steps: 1. From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Settings -> Control Panel. Then double-click the Ports icon. 2. Verify that the list of COM ports includes the COM port that you chose in your ThinkPad setup. If not, choose the Add button. If the port is listed, double-click it. 3. On the Advanced Settings dialog box, choose settings as shown in the following table: BASE I/O COM PORT PORT ADDRESS IRQ COM1 03F8 4 COM2 02F8 3 COM3 03E8 4 COM4 02E8 3 You must also select the FIFO Enabled checkbox. Notes: If you use PCMCIA modem cards together with Mwave modem, Mwave modem must be configured as COM2. Assign COM1 for PCMCIA modem card if you need the PCMCIA modem card concurrently used. 4. Choose the OK button. If you have made any changes, you must shut down and restart the com- puter in order for the changes to take effect. Step 2 is to use the Control Panel to add the modem. This will allow you to use communication applications that use the Unimodem facility of Windows NT, such as HyperTerminal and Dial-Up Networking. Step2: Add Mwave modem for communication applications: ------------------------------------------------------ a. From the Windows NT Start menu, choose Settings -> Control Panel. b. Double-click the Modems icon. c. If you don't already have a modem installed, you will immediately see the "Install New Modem" dialog. If you already have a modem installed, select the "Add..." button to open the "Install New Modem" dialog. d. Select the "Next" button. Windows NT will start searching for the modem. e. If successful, Windows NT will report that it has found a modem of type "IBM ThinkPad 28.8 Mwave Data Fax." If Windows NT fails to detect a modem, verify that your communication port was configured correctly in step 1, and then retry step 2. Remember that the changes you make using the "Ports" applet of Control Panel will not take effect until you restart Windows NT. f. Select the "Next" button and follow the remaining instructions provided by Control Panel. After completing step 2, you should be able to use your Mwave modem with all modem communication applications supported by Windows NT 4.0. 2.1.8.2 Tips for Mwave/DSP Feature program -------------------------------------------- Some useful hints/limitations are fully documented in README.TXT of Windows NT Mwave install disk1. Read this document for the details. o Currently, the following features are not provided: - Speaker phone/answering machine - SoundBlaster game support - Class-1 FAX o Suspending during MIDI/WAVE play may not recover properly after the system is resumed. Discontinue MIDI/WAVE play prior to entering Suspend Mode. o Setting the music option playing with Pinball Game causes the game to play slowly. Avoid setting this option. o Intermittent FAX receive problem with WinFax Pro 4.0 Infrequently (perhaps 1 in ten attempts), faxes incoming to a suspended ThinkPad, are not received correctly. Usually the problem will clear itself and if the fax is resent, it will be received correctly. If the application appears to hang with the WinFax Pro Status screen displayed, click CANCEL to reset the application. o Read FAQs about the each specific modem application/FAX application/ multimedia applications for more details. This information is documented in README.TXT in Windows NT Mwave Install Disk 1. 2.1.9 Using ThinkPad Infrared Features on Windows NT 4.0 -------------------------------------------------------- Infrared feature on Windows NT supports point-to-point IR communication with other ThinkPad computers or systems equipped with an infrared port. Windows NT infrared feature supports the Generic (IrDA 1.0) mode up to 115000 BPS. This mode is used when communicating with other IBM ThinkPad computers or the other vendor's notebook systems. As the typical serial IR applications, Windows NT Dial-Up Networking connecting the two computers via serial IR port is available. 2.1.9.1 Installing Infrared Device Driver ---------------------------------------- To install the Windows NT IR driver, follow the following steps: 1. Logon Windows NT with administrator's password. 2. On desktop, select "Start", then select "Run..." 3. Insert Windows NT IR driver diskette into your diskette drive and type: A:\INSTALL Then select "OK" to start installation. 4. Windows NT Setup screen appears on the screen. Follow the menu to proceed to install. 5. Restart your computer When the device driver is installed, infrared port is configured as COM1 (IRQ4/Base IO address 3F8h) serial device. This is the default setting. If your IR port is not enabled as COM1, loading the infrared driver will fail. Check Windows NT Event Viewer if IR driver fails to load. To enable infrared port for COM1 on your computer, 1. Run ThinkPad Feature Program and enable IR device as COM1 2. Restart your computer Changing the infrared COM port number ------------------------------------- When you need to use IR port other than the default value (COM1) such as to change to COM2, then you need to manually change the configuration parameter of Windows NT registry as follows: Registry key area: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Serial\Parameters\InfraRedPort For COM2 setting: DisablePort: 1 DosDevices : COM2 Interrupt : 3 PortAddress: 2f8 If you change to COM1 again, set the following value. For COM1 setting: DisablePort: 1 DosDevices : COM1 Interrupt : 4 PortAddress: 3f8 If you don't need to use use InfraRed port, disable the Serial Port using the ThinkPad Feature Program, then remove the \InfraRedPort registry key entry. When you modify the registry key/value, restart the computer. 2.1.9.2 Configure the Infrared Port for Dial-Up Networking ----------------------------------------------------------- To use the dial-up networking with serial IR, you need to configure the null-modem setting on Windows NT RAS setup menu. To setup the IR communication for dial-up networking, follow the steps below: 1. Make sure this serial cable COM port is already assigned for your infrared port. Use ThinkPad Feature Program to confirm your IR port is enabled. 2. Double click "Network" icon on "Control Panel" 3. Click "Services" tab on "Network" and click "Add..." to select network service 4. As a network service, select "Remote Access Service" and click OK (This is the case if you have not installed Remote Access Service. ) 5. On "Install New Modem setup" menu, select: "Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable between 2 PCs" and proceed to finish the modem setup. Restart the computer when RAS setup is completed. When the computer is restarted, you can connect your computer to the RAS server using the infrared port if your RAS server is also configured for using infrared device. 2.1.10 Using ThinkPad PC Card Director on Windows NT 4.0 -------------------------------------------------------- When you use PC Cards on your computer, some PC Cards can be used with hot insertion and removal. PC Card Director supports this feature depends on the type of the PCMCIA card you use. 2.1.10.1 Installing the PC Card Director ----------------------------------------- To install the PC Card Director, follow the steps below. | Notice: | If you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack, it is required that PC Card Director | MUST be installed after the Service pack is installed. If you have already | installed PC Card Director and then you install the Service Pack3, for example, | uninstall PC Card Director first, then reinstall it after Service Pack3 is loaded. 1-1. Start Windows NT and logon the system with the administrator account. 1-2. Insert the PC Card Director program diskette in A: drive 1-3. Click "Start", then click "Run..." 1-4. Type "A:\INSTALL", then click "OK". PC Card Director installation menu will appear on the screen. 1-5. Follow the installation menu on the screen 1-6. When the installation completes, installer will prompt you to shutdown and restart Windows NT. 1-7. When Windows NT is restarted, PC Card Director will be ready to run. 2.1.10.2 PC Card Support Features ---------------------------------- PC Card Director supports the following features depends on the type of the card you use. PC Card type supported ---------------------- Modem cards: can be used with hot insertion/removal at anytime the system is running. However, inserting the card while the system is in the suspend state or when the system is powered off after the hibernation, card is not recognized automatically. If the card is located in the PC card slot but not removed during suspend/resume or restarted with the hibernation, card will be recognized automatically when resumed. ATA cards : can be used with hot insertion/removal any time the system is is running. However, inserting the card while the system is in the suspend state or when the system is powered off after the hibernation, card is not recognized automatically. If the card is located in the PC card slot but not removed during suspend/resume or restarted with the hibernation, card will be recognized automatically when resumed. The ATA cards will be treated as the removal media. However, only one logical partition is recognized by the system. Don't create multiple partitions in an ATA card. It is recommended to format the card as FAT file system, but not with NTFS because the data may be lost during NTFS lazy write operation. LAN cards : can be used with hot insertion for Token Ring or Ethernet PCMCIA LAN cards while the system is running. However, removing the card while the network is connected is not allowed. Hot removal is not supported. SCSI cards : can be only operational when the card is inserted in the PC card slot at Windows NT boot time. If you insert the card when the system is running, PC Card Director recognizes the card and prompts you to install the required SCSI driver if the the SCSI driver is not already set up. Then, reboot will be required to activate the SCSI card to be effective at next boot time. LAN/Modem combo cards: Some PC cards such as Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem 28.8 which provides the modem function as well as LAN function, will be recognized while the system is running. But hot removal of the card is not supported. Both Microsoft native PC card driver, i.e. PCMCIA.SYS and PC Card director can enable the modem function of combo cards without the card manufacturer driver. So if you need to use the card for the modem function only, you do not need to install the card manufacturer's setup program. Most of the case, however, these combo cards requires the card manufacturer original PC card drivers to enable LAN function. However, these drivers works with the assumption that card is located at NT boot time, i.e. does not support the hot insertion. One another concern is: most of the card setup programs replaces the original serial driver(SERIAL.SYS) with their modified serial driver. So multiple combo cards are not supported and either a regular modem card may not be enabled after hot insertion because these special serial driver control the I/O resource exclusively. Following cards are confirmed as LAN/modem combo cards to be enabled with hot insertion feature. - 3COM EtherLink III LAN+33.6 Modem PC Card - Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem 28.8 - Olicom GoCard TRN/Modem 336 Hot insertion capability is only possible after you follow the the instruction below. 1. Once delete all user defined port parameters clicking the "Ports" icon in Windows NT "Control Panel" and retore the original serial driver(SERIAL.SYS) from NT-CDROM. Especially this is required if you have ever run another combo card setup program before. 2. Run the card manufacturer's setup program. 3. Confirm the combo card works properly with the cold boot. 4. Insert the PC Card Director diskette into diskette drive. And run A:\COMBO.EXE COMBO.INF on Windows NT DOS prompt. 5. Reboot and restart the system. You may monitor the card is not configured clicking the "PC Card(PCMCIA)" icon in Windows NT "Control Panel". It is because the card unique enabler is running under the PC Card Director but original Microsoft PCMCIA driver is eliminated. If the original PCMCIA driver is not used, any PC card status information will not be displayed. PC Card Power Management Support -------------------------------- PC Card Director handles the system suspend/resume power management event depends on the card you use. Following is the characteristics of these features. NOTICE: ------- You need to install ThinkPad Feature Program (ThinkPad Utility) to enable the power management feature for the PC Card Director. MODEM cards: When the modem card is in the PCMCIA slot and the system is suspended or system is shutdown with the hibernation mode, modem card will be automatically restored after resumed. However, hibernation and suspend is only allowed if the system is used with the battery mode. Using AC adapter, hibernation is rejected or system goes to stand-by mode if the suspend is initiated. For some major modem cards, Ring Indicator resume feature is supported. Upon the detection of the modem ring signals while the system is in the suspend mode, system is waked up. Ring Indicator resume can be enabled using the ThinkPad Feature Program. In this case the modem power is still turned on to wait the incoming calls. But if you don't use the RI resume function, disable it for saving the battery life. To disable the RI resume function, do the following: - Go to ThinkPad Features - Click "Power Management" icon, click "Hibernation" icon - Remove the checkmark of "resume on incoming call" on Resume option - Press "OK" and exit the ThinkPad Feature The modem card power will be completely turned off during the suspend if you disable the "resume on incomng call" option on ThinkPad Feature. The default setting for this option is enabled. Ring Indicator resume is not supported for LAN/Modem combo cards. ATA cards : During the suspend/resume or system is resumed after the hibernation, ATA card in the PC card slot is activated automatically. LAN/SCSI cards: When the system is used with AC power, set the system into the suspend mode while the LAN card or SCSI card is there in the PC card slot, system will go to stand-by mode in order to avoid the communication link failure or loss of the data. But if the system is used with the battery mode, suspending the system is not prohibited. If the system goes to suspend mode while these cards are inserted in the slot, connect of the LAN/SCSI card will be lost which will cause the unpredictable results after the system is resumed. So, avoid setting the system going to suspend mode when these cards are used, specifically your computer is used with the battery mode. 2.1.10.3 PC Card Director Useful Hints -------------------------------------- It is recommended to check the following if you find anything wrong using with the PC Card Director. 1. When you need to check the PC card status after the card is inserted, you can monitor the card status clicking the "PC Card(PCMCIA)" icon in Windows NT "Control Panel". Using some LAN card, clicking the "PC Card(PCMCIA)" icon may display the pop-up message of "PCMCIA controller not found". Try more than once if this occurs. 2. In some ThinkPad models such as 760CD, 760E/760ED/760XD, I/O resources that should be allocated for the PC card may not be available because it is already occupied by the internal system devices such as by Mwave( IRQ10, IRQ 3 or 4 for Mwave modem), Infrared port (IRQ 3 or 4), Mwave/Sound Blaster Audio (IRQ 5). In these cases, PC Card Director will show you the pop-up message informing that PC Card Director can not assign the appropriate I/O resources for the PC card. Check the current I/O resource status using the Windows NT Diagnostics. Disable unused system devices using the ThinkPad Feature Program, disable unused device drivers using "Devices" menu on the NT Control Panel. Then, shutdown and restart Windows NT, insert the PC card once again. 3. If PC Card Director detects the cards which is not registered in the PCMCIA data base, PC Card Director shows you the pop-up message that card is not registered in the known device list. In this case, install the card specific device driver provided by the card manufacture. Installation procedure is the same way as you install when PC Card director is not used. Just follow the install instruction documented with the card specific installation manual. 4. For some PC cards that card manufacture supplies with the unique PCMCIA card driver not using with the Microsoft original PCMCIA driver (PCMCIA.SYS). Recognizing these cards are not supported by PC Card Director. If you requires these card specific special PCMCIA driver, PC Card Director should not be installed. Example is the CardBus Ethernet 100/10 card provided by Xircom. 5. After installing PC Card Director, mix voltage card of 3.3/5.0 volts or 3.3 volt PC card are supported if your ThinkPad is 760E/X series. However, 3.3V card will not be recognized if the card is in the PC card slot at NT boot time. This is because of the limitation of the Microsoft native PCMCIA card driver. 3.3V card is only supported when it is inserted after NT is booted. 6. CardBus cards are not supported by the PC Card Director. 7. PC Card Director uses 8k bytes memory resource typically from DE000h to DFFFFh depending on available resources when it starts. If you use a network PC card mapping the shared memory and it would not work after insertion, check the current memory resource status using the Windows NT Diagnostics. 8. When the PCMCIA modem card is used together with IBM DSP/Mwave modem, DSP/Mwave modem must be set as COM2 (IRQ=3, I/O = 2F8h). In this case, PCMCIA modem card will be configured as COM1 (IRQ=4, I/O= 3F8h) if COM1 resource is available to the PC Card. 9. When you install ThinkPad Feature program, there is one icon for "PC Card Slots" status which is gray out on the screen. This icon has no meaning to the user. Use "PC Card(PCMCIA)" icon in the Windows NT Control Panel for the PCMCIA Sockets and PC Card Settings. 2.1.11 Using MPEG-2 Feature on Windows NT 4.0 When you install the IBM MPEG-2 driver, you will be able to playback the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 HHR compatible MPEG video clips using Windows NT Media Player. This hardware MPEG Feature will provide you the better performance for the motion pictures, animations with the less system/CPU overhead. This MPEG-2 driver supports ThinkPad 760ED/760XD as the hardware platform. 2.1.11.1 Installing the MPEG-2 feature driver When you install the Windows NT 4.0 MPEG-2 driver, you must also install the following device drivers/utility program downloading from the IBM BBS/Web Site: - Windows NT Mwave/DSP Feature Diskette V2.42 - Windows NT 4.0 Display Driver V1.00 - Windows NT ThinkPad Feature Program V3.50 or higher NOTE: ----- o To support the suspend/resume feature using MPEG driver, ThinkPad Feature program must be installed as the prerequisite software. o If you install the PC Card Director for the hot plug features, it is recommended to install V1.01 or later version to get the better video/audio performance. Installing MPEG Feature Diskette -------------------------------- Following are the steps to be carried out to install the driver from the installation diskette. 1. Run "Start Menu" --> "Settings" --> "Control Panel". 2. Double click the mouse on "Multimedia" icon in the "Control Panel" window. 3. "Mutimedia Properties" window shows up. Click the mouse on "Devices" tab. Click the mouse on "Add..." button. A window titled Add shows up. It shows a List of Drivers. Select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" by double clicking the mouse on the entry. 4. "Install Driver" window shows up. Enter the drive letter, e.g. a:, corresponding to the Floppy Drive containing our installation diskette, in the window. Click the mouse on "OK" button or hit the Enter key. The window titled "Add Unlisted or Updated Driver" will show up the following device : "(MCI)IBM MPEG-2 Decoder" Click on "OK" button or hit the Enter key. 5. System does some processing to install the driver. It takes a few seconds and then the window titled "Installationn" panel shows up. This panel shows the version number of the driver. Click the mouse on "OK" button or hit the Enter key. The window disappears and you are back in the Control Panel window again. The installation procedure is over. How to verify the installation ------------------------------ Please carry out the following steps for verifying that installation has taken place correctly: 1. Run "Start" Menu --> "Settings" --> "Control Panel". 2. Double Click the mouse on "Devices" button. A window titled "Devices" shows up. Look for an entry by name "mpegcd1" under the device column in this window. This entry corresponding to "mpegcd1" should show the Status as "Started" and Startup as "System". Click the mouse on "Close" button or hit the Enter key. 3. Run "Start" menu -->"Programs" -->"Accessories" ->"Multimedia" ->"Media Player". 4. Click the mouse on the "Device" Menu button on this window. You should be able to see an entry corresponding to MPEG driver. The entry would be having the name, "IBM MPEG-2 Decoder" 5. Click "File" and click "Open..." and select any MPEG1 or MPEG2-HHR file that want to play. After few seconds, MPEG video clip window should come on the sreen. Click play button (>) to start playing back he MPEG file you opened. 6. MPEG file should be started playing with sound/video. 2.1.11.2 Helpful hints how to use the MPEG driver When use the MPEG driver on Windows NT 4.0, the following items should be considered since some limitations exist using the MPEG-2 driver on NT 4.0. 1. Any multimedia player application provided by a third party or a custom player application created for Windows NT is not guaranteed to work with this driver. Only the "Media Player" application (mplay32.exe) is tested and verified. 2. MPEG-2 Main Profile/Main Level is not supported. MPEG-2 HHR(Half Height Resolution) with Transport Stream media is the only supported MPEG-2 feature with this current release. 3. Running more than one video application which shares the same video hardware is not supported. For example, while an MPEG file is in play, the video capture application will not work. Run one or the other at a time. 4. When IBM MPEG-2 Decoder is selected on the Device menu on the Media Player, opening the another Media Player for the Sound/MIDI/Video for Windows/CD Audio is on hold. If it requires using other devices concurrently with MPEG device on Media Player, select these devices first before selecting the IBM MPEG-2 Decoder. 5. Displaying the video window to the external CRT or to TV(NTSC/PAL) is supported. When the video is displayed on these screen, following is the limitation. External CRT: Setting the video mode to the following is not supported: - 1024x768/256 colors/75 Hz Refresh Rate, - 1024x768/64K colors/75 Hz refresh Rate, - 1280x1024/256 colors - 16 colors (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768) External TV (NTSC or PAL): - Set the scan mode to "overscan" when Enhanced Video is enabled using the ThinkPad Feature Program. Setting to "underscan" mode shows the partial clipped image on the video window. 6. To get better audio/video performance when playing MPEG-2 files, please consider the following: Playing MPEG-2 is sensitive to the available CPU time in the system. If you run applications that require a large amount of CPU resources, it will affect the audio/video latency for the MPEG playback. So, try to avoid running other applications as much as possible during the playback of the MPEG-2 files. Another known limitation occurs when using the PC Card Director, version 1.00. This affects the audio/video latency because of its CPU overhead. This problem is fixed by the PC Card Director, version 1.01 which is available in BBS or IBM web site. If you use the version 1.00 of the PC Card Director, please do the following as a work around: - Go to Windows NT Control Panel - Double click "Devices", search "PC Card Pnp Filter" in the device list - Select "PC Card PnP Filter" and select "Stop" PC Card Director will be stopped when you press "Stop" button - Select "Startup..." and change the startup type from "Automatic" to "Disable" - Click "OK" and Close "Devices" Control Panel By disabling the PC Card Director, MPEG audio/video latency problem will be resolved. It is recommended that you will install the latest PC Card Director when you need the PCMCIA hot plug feature. ------------------------------------------- 3.0. Known limitations with Windows NT 4.0 ------------------------------------------- o Currently, the following functions are not provided on Windows NT 4.0 - IBM MPEG features are not supported on ThinkPad 755CD/760CD. These features are only supported on the PCI based ThinkPad(760ED/760XD). | - Video Overlay/Video Caputure features are not supported on all ThinkPad. o Following are the special consideration required on Windows NT 4.0 - When you use your ThinkPad with the battery mode, it is recommended to avoid using with the power mode setting of "Automatic". Power mode setting of "Automatic" enables the processor (CPU) clock control automatic but Windows NT is not designed to support the dynamic CPU clock control. When the system is used with the battery mode, set the power mode setting either to "High Performance" or "Customized" to avoid some potential problems. - Hibernation function is supported with the following limitations. If Windows NT system partition is created with NTFS, hibernation is not supported. - When using audio feature on ThinkPad 365X/560 series, I/O address conflict may occur if Token Ring adapter card is used together. Change the base I/O address of either the Token Ring card (A20h) or the default audio device base I/O address (220h) using the ThinkPad Feature Program. - When ISA adapter card, such as network adapter card, is used with IBM docking unit, disable unused internal devices such as Mwave modem, IR to assign the IRQ for your specific ISA card. On ThinkPad 760 family, the default configuration for internal device occupies many IRQs that constrains allocation for the ISA cards in the docking unit. You are recommended to assign IRQ =7 for your ISA card if most of the internal devices must be used together, specifically used with IBM Dock-II environment. - The number of PCMCIA devices is limited. Supported PCMCIA devices are listed on the Microsoft Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List. - On all ThinkPad 760E/760X/series (760E/ED/EL/ELD/XL/XD), IRQ 15 can not be allocated for PCMCIA card because this IRQ is reserved for the internal use. Assign the different IRQ number for any PCMCIA card. - On ThinkPad 755CD/CDV, PCMCIA ATA storage cards are not recognized because the internal CD-ROM is used as the secondary IDE which conflicts with the resource allocated for PCMCIA IDE under Windows NT. - When you use a PCMCIA Hard Disk Card on ThinkPad 760CD/760LD, it needs to disable the CD-ROM/Second HDD in the UltraBay. - When Adaptec SlimSCSI (APA-1460)PCMCIA card is used on ThinkPad 760E/760X family, IRQ 11 is allocated for SlimSCSI card. But IRQ 11 is also reserved as the default interrupt number for the PCI devices. To avoid the conflict of the interrupt number, change the default 1st IRQ (IRQ11) to IRQ15 on PCI Device Setup menu/Docking Station Advanced Setup menu using the ThinkPad Feature Program. - When the Xircom Credit card adapter Ethernet+28.8K modem card is used in the PCMCIA slot located in the IBM Docking station (IBM Dock-II/Selecta Dock-I/II) or located in the port replicator, Ethernet communication performance is significantly degraded. Use the PCMCIA slot located in the system unit side when this card is required. - When the IBM PCMCIA Token Ring card is used together with ThinkPad 560, it may cause the slow performance when file transfer is activated using FTP GET command. In this case, avoid using the NT 4.0 standard Token Ring Driver (IBM Token Ring(ISA/PCMCIA) Adapter) but install the another Token Ring driver (Auto 16/4 Token Ring PC Card driver) which is available from IBM. Following is the steps to apply the fix. 1) Get the latest Token Ring Driver from IBM web site. File name is TRCC1.EXE. Download this file and install according to the instrution included in this diskette. 2) After installing TRCC1.EXE, modify the following registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia\DateBase\IBM\ TOKENRING Driver:ibmtok --> change to "Driver:ibmtkpcm" 3) Download the TRCCNT4.EXE that has the fix for ThikPad 560. 4) Replace IBMTKPCM.SYS with the one included in TRCCNT4.EXE 5) Shutdown and restart Windows NT Token Ring latest driver is available in the following IBM web site: http://www.networking.ibm.com/nes/nespcmci.htm - Windows NT supports IBM Dock-I, IBM Dock-II,IBM SelectaDock Base model 1 and IBM SelectaDock I/II. However, hot/warm docking is not supported. To use the device in the Docking station, you must only do cold docking for the docking devices. ThinkPad 760C/CD o When loading the Windows-NT Display Driver on a ThinkPad 760C/CD, the system BIOS must be dated 09/25/96 or later. The BIOS P/N and the date can be viewed by invoking Easy-Setup and selecting Config followed by System Board. If System BIOS is down level, it must be updated before loading the display driver. Current 760C/CD BIOS as of 01/01/97 on BBS / WEB SYTPF124 Ver 1.24 ThinkPad 760E/ED/EL/ELD o When loading Windows-NT 4.0 on a ThinkPad 760E Family system and using PCI card or cards in a SelectaDock I or II, the system BIOS must be dated 09/20/96 or later. The BIOS P/N and the date can be viewed by invoking Easy-Setup. If the System BIOS is down level, it should be updated to the current version. The 760E/ED/EL/ELD uses one of two System BIOS. System ROM BIOS is determined by whether the system has an XGA or SVGA display. Use the following table to help determine which BIOS upgrade to install. TP760ED/EL TP760E/EL/ELD Diskette BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS Version P/N Date P/N Date -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- 1.00 91G1779 04-22-96 91G1778 04-22-96 1.01 91G1786 05-15-96 91G1788 05-15-96 1.02 91G1996 09-20-96 91G1995 09-20-96 1.03 91G2003 11-01-96 91G2002 11-01-96 1.04 11J9024 11-19-96 11J9023 11-19-96 * 1.05 11J9030 12-11-96 11J9029 12-11-96 BBS File Name SYTPG105.EXE TP760E/ED with XGA (1024 x 768) Diskette BIOS BIOS Version P/N Date ------- ------- -------- 1.00 91G2004 11-01-96 * 1.01 11J9031 12-11-96 BBS File Name SYTPH101.EXE * Current System Flash ROM BIOS update diskettes are available from the IBM Personal Computer Co. Bulletin Board Service (BBS) and thru the IBM Personal Computing Home Page WEB sight at WWW.PC.IBM.COM <************* END OF DOCUMENT ************************************************