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- IBM ThinkPad Feature Program for Windows NT
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-
- This documents describes how to install IBM ThinkPad Feature Programs on
- Windows NT and provides some technical information using this Utility Program.
- Before installing this program, read carefully how to use this program.
-
- 1.0 Installation
- -----------------
-
- To install this program, follow the instruction below.
-
- 1-1 Start Windows NT (V3.51 or higher) on your ThinkPad
-
- 1-2 Insert this Utility Diskette into your floppy drive (A:) and go to
- Windows NT "File Manager". Select drive A on the File Manager menu.
-
- 1-3 Double click "INSTDRV.EXE" to run this program. ThinkPad Feature NT
- device driver is installed in your system.
- When this driver is installed, following message appears on the 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 old version ThinkPad Features and
- running Fuel Gauge program, close this program before installing
- the device driver. If not, "DLL load error" message will appears.
-
- 1-4 Shutdown and restart Windows NT. Go to Windows NT "File Manager" and
- select drive A. Double click "INSTALLN.EXE" to proceed to install the
- ThinkPad Feature program. Follow the instruction appears on the screen.
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- 1-5 Logoff Windows NT and log on again to start using ThinkPad Feature
- program. Fuel Gauge program icon will be automatically created and
- will become active on the screen.
-
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- 2.0 Using ThinkPad Features
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-
- This section describes how to use the ThinkPad Features, Fule Gauge Program
- and Personalization Editor. Refere to ThinkPad Features Online Help for the
- general information. This section contains some unique information associated
- with Windows NT environment which are not included in the Online Help.
-
- 2-1 Fuel Gauge program
- ----------------------
-
- On the fuel gauge screen, clicking the "suspend icon" is defined as the
- following manner depends on which ThinkPad you are using:
-
- ThinkPad 755CE/755CSE/755CX/755CD/755CDV/760C/760CD :
-
- Clicking "suspend" icon will make the system going into Stand-by instead of
- going to suspend. Set the system going into suspend mode will cause
- erroneous situation on NT such as delay of Time of day clock during suspend,
- erroneous power down for certain devices after resuming the system.
- To avoid this situation, clicking the suspend icon does not make the system
- going to the suspend state but stays with standby state which makes LCD is
- turned off, HDD stops and CPU in the low speed if there is no busy state
- detected by the system BIOS.
-
- There is a "hibernation" icon on the same menu but using the hibernation
- function is not recommended because of the same reason of suspend.
-
- ThinkPad 755C/360C/360CS/370C/345CS:
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- On these ThinkPad, clicking the "suspend" icon does not work as Standby but
- going to suspend. It is not recommended to use this button to suspend.
-
- On some ThinkPad, "hibernation" icon appears on the same menu but
- it is not recommended to use because of the same reason of suspend.
-
- 2-2 Suspend/Resume options at Power Mode Setting
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- If you set "Will not suspend even if LCD is closed" as an option at
- Suspend/Resume options on power mode icon menu, this option is used as
- the following manner on Windows NT environment:
-
- This option allows not only inhibiting the suspend operation at LCD is
- closed, but also inhibiting ANY suspend condition such as Fn+F4 suspend
- key, suspend selection at battery gauge icon menu, automatic suspend with
- suspend timer and low battery suspend.
-
- To set this mode effective, click this option on the menu and "save" it.
- Then shutdown and restart NT. When you boot NT, this mode becomes effective.
-
- WARNING:
-
- YOU MUST MANUALLY SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM WHEN LOW BATTERY CONDITION OCCURS.
- SYSTEM DOES NOT GO TO SUSPEND AUTOMATICALLY AT LOW POWER BATTERY.
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- 2-3 Inhibiting suspend operation
- --------------------------------
-
- You can inhibit the automatic timer suspend mode using the "Power" mode
- menu on ThinkPad Feature. Unless you specify "Will not suspend even if
- LCD is closed" option at suspend/resume option, it is required at least
- to set the following power mode in order to avoid going to suspend:
-
- - Set the "Power Mode" to "Customized"
-
- - Set the "Suspend time" to "0" (disable timer suspend)
-
- Save the above option and set the power mode as "Customized" mode to take
- the change effective.
-
- Disabling automatic suspend will avoid the erroneous situation occurs on
- Windows NT.
-
- 2-4 Others
- ----------
-
- Although ThinkPad Feature provide you almost the same menu for device mode
- setting, it does not mean that all device are supported under NT.
- For example, enabling Infrared Port by this program does not mean that you
- can use Infrared port. Without installing the necessary device drivers and
- application program, it is not possible to use the infrared port.
- As of today, there is no infrared device drivers/application program run
- on NT. So, setting this port enabled is not meaningful.
- Device mode setting menu does not always provide you the all device can
- be available under Windows NT.
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- NOTE:
- ** NO WARRANTY ** ANY USE BY YOU OF THE SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED FOR USE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
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- PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IBM IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE ANY UPDATES TO THE
- SOFTWARE.
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- NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. In no event shall IBM or its
- suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation,
- incidental, direct, indirect special and consequential damages, damages for
- loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information,
- or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use this
- product, even if IBM has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
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