Re: 701 bios upgrade question

[Paul Ferguson/Tessera <Paul_Ferguson/Tessera.TESSERA@tesent.com>]

Here's what's fixed in the last few BIOS upgrades for the 701 (from IBM's FTP 
site):

3O     Fixed
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       System hang at checkpoint 70 when unit is docked and external
              monitor is attached.

3N
       Fixed
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       Shaking keyboard would resume box with lid closed. Now if the Fn
              key is detected while lid closed, box goes back to sleep.

       New/Changed
       -----------
       Eliminated hibernate memory checksum. It can be reinstated if
              necessary through special key sequence Fn+Left Arrow followed
              quickly by Fn+Enter. This allows for quicker hibernation.
       If power management is turned off through APM interface, the
              CPU will not automatically be clocked down on battery power.

3M
       Fixed
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       Closed all PCMCIA IO & Memory windows in POST so that warm boot
              will not leave phantom COM ports.
       Will power off if eject is requested and an external video card
              is present.
       Reset the Manufacturing Diskette everytime through POST.
       Saved/Restored the BitMask Register & Set/Reset Enable Register
              so that Japanese video modes are not corrupted after a resume.

       New/Changed
       -----------
       Changed Win95 PnP code to meet Win95 logo requirements by eliminating
              the reporting of DMA on the ECP parallel ports
       Changed the way devices are reported through PnP. A new device node
              is only created if the address or IRQ of a device changes
              from docked to undocked or vice versa.
       Added new TrackPoint III option 'Auto' that will automatically enable
              or disable the TP III based on whether an external mouse
              is attached.
       Enabled the ability to hibernate to an existing HPFS hibernate file.

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From: whittle @ usc.edu (Randy Whittle) @ SMTP
Date: 02/20/96 03:03:43 PM
Subject: Re: 701 bios upgrade question

At 9:46 PM 2/19/96, Paul Ferguson/Tessera
  <Paul_Ferguson/Tessera.TESSERA@tesent.c wrote:
>We have installed the 3O BIOS upgrade to 10-15 701CS machines without
>incident.  We've been running with it for a while (a few weeks anyway).

        What is the supposed advantage to the "O" upgrade?  What
bugs/features does it fix/enhance?

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USC Graduate School of Business
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