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- IBM ThinkPad 340CSE/345's/370C Sep. 20, 1995
- System Program Service Diskette Ver 1.40
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- What This Diskette Does
- -----------------------
-
- This System Program Service diskette updates the system program stored
- in ROM of the following ThinkPad models;
- - ThinkPad 340CSE
- - ThinkPad 345C and 345CS
- - ThinkPad 370C.
- If you are experiencing one of the problems listed in the following
- Summary of Problem Fixes section, please follow the instructions given
- in the Updating System Programs section below to update the system program
- of the above-listed ThinkPad computer.
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- Release Version
- ---------------
- Version 1.00 Corrective service
- Version 1.10 Supports 370C
- Supports Windows* 95 (beta) plug and play function
- Version 1.40 Supports Windows* 95
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- * Trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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- BIOS P/N and Date Matrix
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- 340CSE 370C 345C/345CS
- Disk ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
- Ver P/N Date P/N Date P/N Date
- ---- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
- 1.00 85G7747 02-24-95 N/A N/A N/A N/A
- 1.10 45H9510 06-04-95 91G0725 06-30-95 N/A N/A
- 1.40 91G1220 09-13-95 91G1219 09-13-95 91G1221 09-13-95
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- Summary of changed/ fixed items
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- Note: n.nn Diskette Version (e.g. 1.15 Version 1.15)
- (New) New Function or Enhancement
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- ThinkPad 340CSE
- ----------------------------------
- 1.00 Battery is sometimes not fully charged even when charge indicator
- turns off.
- 1.00 Fails to resume by Ring Indicator when 'OKI SkyPlus' modem is used.
- 1.00 Errors in data received through Serial Port when line speed is
- set to less than or equal to 2400bps.
- 1.00 System will not resume by closing and opening lid after entering
- suspend by Fn+F4 keys when suspend option of "Will not suspend
- even if LCD is closed" is set on.
- 1.00 Standby request is sometimes rejected while the fuel gauge
- is displayed in screen.
- 1.00 System hangs intermittently in OS/2 2.11 and WARP when entering
- suspend mode during heavy HDD activity(200MB HDD model only).
- 1.00 Screen corrupts when Fn+F7(LCD-CRT switching function) key is
- quickly repeated.
- 1.00 System sometimes hangs when running J3270PC/V and requesting a screen
- off by Fn+F3(Standby) or F4(Suspend) keys or Screen off timer.
- 1.10 (New) Added plug and play function for Windows* 95 (beta).
- 1.10 Fixed J3270PC/V problem.
- 1.40 (New) Windows* 95 support
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- ThinkPad 345C and 345CS
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- 1.40 (New) Windows* 95 support
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- ThinkPad 370C
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- 1.10 (New) Added plug and play function for Windows* 95 (beta).
- 1.40 (New) Windows* 95 support
- 1.40 RPL can't be done under the following condition.
- - The PCMCIA slot(s) in ThinkPad : PCMCIA ATA
- - The PCMCIA slot(s) in Dock-II : PCMCIA RPL (Token Ring or Ethernet)
- 1.40 Dock-II SCSISelect utility hangs.
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- * Trademark of Microsoft Corporation
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- Updating System Programs
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-
- Notes: - You need an AC adapter and a charged battery pack to update
- the system program.
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-
- 1. Print these instructions or display on another computer.
- 2. Firmly connect the AC adapter to the computer.
- 3. Insert the System Program Service Diskette into the diskette drive
- and turn on the computer.
- 4. Select "Read this first..." from the menu and carefully read the
- information that appears.
- 5. Press the Esc key to return to the menu.
- 6. Select "Update system program" and follow the instruction on
- the screen.
-
- Warning: Do not turn off or suspend the computer until the update
- has been completed. IF YOU TURN OFF OR SUSPEND THE
- COMPUTER WHILE THE UPDATE IS STILL IN PROGRESS, THE SYSTEM
- BOARD MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
-
- After the update has been completed, do the following to make the
- changes effective.
-
- 7. Make sure the System Program Service Diskette is removed from
- the diskette drive, then turn off the computer.
- 8. Press and hold the F1 key, then turn on the computer. Hold the F1 key
- until the Easy-Setup menu appears.
- 9. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
- 10. Select Config, then select Initialize.
- 11. Select OK to initialize the system.
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- Run the diagnostics to make sure that the computer runs with no errors:
-
- 12. Turn off the computer, press and hold the F1 key, then turn on
- the computer. Hold the F1 key until the Easy-Setup menu appears.
- 13. Select Test, then select Start to run all the basic tests.
- Various test patterns will appear on the screen.
- An OK will appear for each device that passes the test.
- 14. Verify that OK appears for all of the devices tested.
- 15. Press the Esc key to exit Test and turn off the computer.
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- Service Information
- -------------------
-
- The System Program Service diskette installs System Program as follows.
-
- Unused
- Reserved
- ThinkPad model BIOS P/N Date BIOS Area*
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- 340CSE 91G1220 09/13/95 E000-E7FF (32KB)
- 370C 91G1219 09/13/95 E000-E5FF (24KB)
-
- * NOTE: Memory Range E000-FFFF is reserved for BIOS, including
- Video BIOS. However, the ranges noted in the table above are
- not actually used, and may be used by a memory manager such as
- EMM386.EXE.
-
- CAUTION:
- The areas listed above are valid for the corresponding BIOS
- P/N's, and are subject to change in future updates of BIOS.
-
-
- Reserved Usable
- ThinkPad model BIOS P/N Date BIOS Area** BIOS ROM Area**
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 345C and 345CS 91G1221 09/13/95 C000-C7FF E000-EFFF
- F000-FFFF
-
-
- ** NOTE: - Memory Range C000-C7FF is reserved for Video BIOS.
- - Memory Range E000-EFFF can be used as UMB (Upper Memory Block)
- by a memory manager such as EMM386.EXE.
- - Memory Range F000-FFFF is reserved for BIOS.
- - If desired, Video BIOS may be relocated from C000-C7FF to
- E800-EFFF. In this case, C000-C7FF may be used as UMB and
- E000-E7FF may be used as UMB.
- See User's Guide for details.
-
-
- The BIOS P/N and the date can be viewed by invoking Easy-Setup and
- selecting Config followed by System Board.
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