Re: Hooray! Cold boot problem solved

[mccord@maxwell.otago.ac.nz (Alan McCord)]

Hi,

>>I am now on my second TP755CE trying to solve a problem where it will
>>not boot up in the morning when cold (memory size displayed, floppy
>>LED on, nothing else happens).  After numerous call to IBM tech
>>support, they finally asked "do you have an ethernet PCMCIA card
>>installed?"  It turns out that this known is a problem with the XIRCOM
>>Performance Series Ethernet Adapters:  with the card installed, the TP
>>has to "warm up" before it will successfully boot.  Apparently IBM
>>and XIRCOM are still scratching their heads over this one. The only
>>solution at the moment is either to live with it, or boot first, then
>>install the card.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to which
>>ethernet card I should ask my pc vendor to swap for the XIRCOM?  Thanks.
>>
>
Mark Bell wrote:
>I have to chime in and say all I have had are problems interfacing a Xircom
>Ethernet + Modem I (10bT & V.32Terbo) to my TP755C. Each time I Email
>cs@xircom.com, I get a "new or different" way to get the card to work.
>Their redirector for DOS doesn't work, so the modem us useless to me. It
>took me a month to get the card to be recognized, but WfWG hangs on start
>up every time. When I emailed tech support, they had a whole new set of
>rules to get it to work in a "work around" type of way. They want me to
>flash upgrade, but the 755 just gags on it. I also noticed "work around"
>methods for 750's too. I ended up throwing up my hands and ordering a
>Megahertz Xjack. Now that was easy, seamless installation. I had it working
>in a few minutes. It also runs beautifully in DOS and Windows. I would
>wholeheartedly recommend this unit to anyone. Meanwhile, the $500 Xircom
>card is gathering dust. I would like to hear from other people who have
>either had problems or actual easy installs with Xircom PCMCIA cards in
>their ThinkPads.

I gave up getting my first Xircom ethernet fax/modem card to work in my TP
755C, and ended up getting an "IBM Ethernet II Credit Card Adapter" and a
separate "New Media Corporation" fax/modem card for about the same price.
Both work fine under WFW but now I need to run NT....    I don't have any
idea if NT drivers exist for either of these two cards.  I have heard that
the NEW Xircom Ethernet Fax/Modem (called II?) does have NT drivers for it,
but I'd really like to get my existing hardware working under NT.   Any
suggestions or experience with IBM cards under NT?

Al




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