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Skriven 2006-03-27 09:56:18 av Mike Luther (1:117/3001.0)
Ärende: R51 Thinkpad question
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R51 Thinkpad question here please.

I have an R40 and a T43p on which the Blue IBM FN key and either the F3 or F4
keys produce results.  For example, on both of them you can shut down the
screen and whatever else goes with that by punching the Blue FN key and
touching the F4 key.  Also, the entire R40 APM operation works fine with the
standard APM device drivers in CONFIG.SYS.

Neither the T43p nor this R51 with the Intel video chipset will work with the
'standard' OS/2 APM drivers.  System level is MCP2 with the latest Speedstep
drivers from Passport Advantage on all the Thinkpads. In order to even install
MCP2 or any form of OS/2 on either the R51 or the T43p here you have to comment
out the APM.SYS and VAPM.SYS.  That done, either what is seen as TrapD errors
during the boot run in the R51 or a string of DOSCALL1.DLL errors in the T43p
will let you finish the install and work with OS/2 here.

OK .. on the R51, I have everything needed here for OS/2 working on it except
for the IBM Blue FN key plus F4 or F3 operation.  All the other BLue FN
operations work as intended.  I can also take Viet Keisinger's little patch
utility for the upper 2K memory issue and get complete DOS upper memory working
for CGA or MONO video.  He has also written a little patch for APM system
failures on some machines called APMBIOS.SYS.  If I load that just ahead of
APM.SYS and VAPM.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS run on this R51, I can actually get a
complete CONFIG.SYS and boot to Desktop run on the R51.  I can actually see the
battery charge iconette then show up in the WPS on the R51, but it has no
charge state level meter bar operation in it no matter what power management
options I select in the IBM BIOS setup for this Laptop.  Viet indicates as he
has time in the future, he may be able to fix this.

But he asked a question, which I'll now ask here.  He asked and I also ask
here:

   -> Does the Blue FN key and either F4 or F3 produce the intended
   -> hibernation operation?

On my R51 here it does not.  If it does not, how is anything going to cooperate
in this quest?  As I look at this, isn't this still a faulty BIOS and mainboard
operation in this unit that likely can't ever be fixed unless IBM fixes this
issue at BIOS level for this model R51?

Thoughts please?   Thanks!


--> Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)

Mike @ 1:117/3001



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