User manual IBM THINKPAD 380Z

[. . . ] Contents Finding Information in this Online User's Guide . . . . . . . . . . iv Chapter 1. . . . . 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 10 11 13 14 14 14 18 18 24 27 31 33 35 35 37 38 41 42 43 46 46 47 48 48 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Considerations When Using a Power Management Mode Using Other Battery-Saving Methods . Checking the Allocated Resources for the PC Card Avoiding PC Card Resource Conflicts . [. . . ] You need to run this utility if you are having difficulty using the PC Card, or if you are customizing your system. Whenever you finish using this utility, restart your system so that your changes take effect. The Configuration utility can be used for the following purposes: Setting or changing the IRQs and COM port assignment order for your fax/modem cards. Setting or changing the I/O port address, IRQ, and memory areas that your network cards will use. Selecting the address (primary, secondary, or any) that your ATA cards will be using to communicate with the system. Chapter 5. Using Your Computer with a PC Card 71 Selecting the type of video display (color, monochrome, or LCD). Online Help Online help is available for many of the Configuration utility fields. To access online help for a particular field, position the cursor in the field (or highlight the field) and then press F1 (or click on the Help button, if it is available). Running the Configuration Utility From the DOS prompt (C:\), type CONFIG and press Enter. The following menus are available from this window: File Edit Configuration Save Configuration Exit Utility Resource Allocation Display Color Monochrome LCD To access a pull-down menu, click the left mouse button on the menu name, or press Alt+the highlighted letter in the menu name. For example, to access the "File" menu, click on the word File or press Alt+F. When the pull-down menu appears, select a menu item by: Clicking on it. Pressing the Down arrow key to highlight the item and then press Enter. Pressing a key that corresponds to the highlighted letter. 72 IBM ThinkPad 380Z Online User's Guide Using Storage PC Cards This section describes how to use the storage cards. Using the ATA Hard Disk or ATA Flash Disk Cards For you to use ATA hard disk or ATA Flash disk cards on your system, your CONFIG. SYS file must contain the following line. The standard device drivers are always required: DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV. EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV. EXE Formatting or Initializing a Card Attention Make sure you are using the correct drive letter when formatting or initializing your ATA card, because any information on the specified drive is erased. Formatting an ATA Card To format an ATA card: 1 Type the following command FORMAT drive_letter /U Note: drive_letter is the drive letter assigned to the card. For example, if the card has been assigned to drive D, type format D: /U 2 Press Enter. Initializing an ATA Card To initialize an ATA card, run the ATAINIT command from the DOS prompt, and then use the standard DOS format command to format the ATA card. Note: ATAINIT works only with ATA cards that are supported by the ATADRV driver. Using Your Computer with a PC Card 73 ATAINIT. EXE is a disk-partitioning utility that must be used to initialize any ATA cards supported by ATADRV. When a new ATA card is inserted into a PC Card slot, you need to initialize the card by using ATAINIT. ATAINIT finds the physical parameters (number of sectors, cylinders, and so on) to use, and then initializes the card. To initialize the card, do as follows: 1 Type the following command: ATAINIT drive_letter: Note: drive_letter is the actual drive letter. For example, if your ATA card has been assigned drive letter D, you should type: ATAINIT D: 2 Press Enter to accept the displayed information. Then follow the instructions in the window. Using Memory Cards For you to use memory cards on your system, your CONFIG. SYS file must contain the following lines (in addition to the standard drivers that are always required): DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM. EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV. EXE Drive Letters You need to know which drive letter to use to access the memory card. If you insert a memory card in slot 1, it will be assigned drive E; if you insert a Flash memory card in slot 2, it will use drive F. If you remove the memory card from slot 1, and insert a second Flash memory card in slot 1, it will be assigned drive E, because that is the drive letter assigned to slot 1 for memory and Flash memory cards. 74 IBM ThinkPad 380Z Online User's Guide Type the following and press Enter: MTDDRV /? [. . . ] Using PS2 Commands 143 144 IBM ThinkPad 380Z Online User's Guide Appendix B. Edition Notice First Edition (July 1998) The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS ONLINE BOOK. "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LIMITED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some states do not allow disclaimers or express or implied warranties in certain transactions; therefore, this statement may not apply to you. [. . . ]