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bios thinkpad 600e workintandem 05-05-2005
Posted by workintandem on May 5, 2005, 5:56 pm
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 I am trying to change a bios setting on my 600e. (I want to change the
printer port to be ECP, so that the printer will work).

I can get into the bios, (power - F1 etc). When I'm in the bios, I cant
change any of the settings, it just gives me options to change the date
and time, and run diagnostics on the verious components of the machine.
But I don't see any options to disable the infra red, set power
management settings etc

Where can I change these bios settings.

I'm running XP
I looked at the ibm website, it seems as if you need to do it through
software (it said click start, ibm utilities etc, but of course I dont
have any ibm utilities installed.

Is there a way I can change my bios settings without software, and if
not where can i get the software

cheers



Posted by Lars on May 6, 2005, 8:03 pm
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 Hi there,

In these old machines there is very little one can actually
change in the Bios, none of the things you want to.

Disabling the infrared you can do from the device manager
in Windows. Power management is done in Windows Control
Panel. I can not find any way in Windows where you can set
your printer port to ECP. But you can do so using IBM's
"Configurator". It is found here; (22 MB)
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4ZFRG3

It seems to be a new version since only two months. I use a
slightly older one.

God luck!

On 5 May 2005 17:56:54 -0700, workintandem@hotmail.com wrote:

>I am trying to change a bios setting on my 600e. (I want to change the
>printer port to be ECP, so that the printer will work).
>
>I can get into the bios, (power - F1 etc). When I'm in the bios, I cant
>change any of the settings, it just gives me options to change the date
>and time, and run diagnostics on the verious components of the machine.
>But I don't see any options to disable the infra red, set power
>management settings etc
>
>Where can I change these bios settings.
>
>I'm running XP
>I looked at the ibm website, it seems as if you need to do it through
>software (it said click start, ibm utilities etc, but of course I dont
>have any ibm utilities installed.
>
>Is there a way I can change my bios settings without software, and if
>not where can i get the software
>
>cheers


Lars
Stockholm
http://web.telia.com/~u84406120/


Posted by Bruce Markowitz on May 8, 2005, 12:36 am
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I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE POST THE WRONG ANSWERS AND ACT LIKE THEY KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!1
Download the ThinkPad COnfiguration Utility from www.ibm.com
BIOS settings are made from WIndoze, and a few need to be made from
DOS, so be sure to install the DOS version of the Utils (yes, you can
access them thru XP). The DOS command is PS@ ? <enter> and you will
get lots of BIOS settings
On Fri, 06 May 2005 20:03:38 +0200, Lars@fake.com wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>In these old machines there is very little one can actually
>change in the Bios, none of the things you want to.
>
>Disabling the infrared you can do from the device manager
>in Windows. Power management is done in Windows Control
>Panel. I can not find any way in Windows where you can set
>your printer port to ECP. But you can do so using IBM's
>"Configurator". It is found here; (22 MB)
>http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4ZFRG3
>
>It seems to be a new version since only two months. I use a
>slightly older one.
>
>God luck!
>
>On 5 May 2005 17:56:54 -0700, workintandem@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>I am trying to change a bios setting on my 600e. (I want to change the
>>printer port to be ECP, so that the printer will work).
>>
>>I can get into the bios, (power - F1 etc). When I'm in the bios, I cant
>>change any of the settings, it just gives me options to change the date
>>and time, and run diagnostics on the verious components of the machine.
>>But I don't see any options to disable the infra red, set power
>>management settings etc
>>
>>Where can I change these bios settings.
>>
>>I'm running XP
>>I looked at the ibm website, it seems as if you need to do it through
>>software (it said click start, ibm utilities etc, but of course I dont
>>have any ibm utilities installed.
>>
>>Is there a way I can change my bios settings without software, and if
>>not where can i get the software
>>
>>cheers
>
>
>Lars
>Stockholm
>http://web.telia.com/~u84406120/



Posted by Bruce Markowitz on May 8, 2005, 5:53 pm
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Sorry, that is
ps2 ? <enter>

On Sun, 08 May 2005 00:36:43 GMT, scosgt@worldnet.att.net (Bruce
Markowitz) wrote:

>I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE POST THE WRONG ANSWERS AND ACT LIKE THEY KNOW
>WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!1
>Download the ThinkPad COnfiguration Utility from www.ibm.com
>BIOS settings are made from WIndoze, and a few need to be made from
>DOS, so be sure to install the DOS version of the Utils (yes, you can
>access them thru XP). The DOS command is PS@ ? <enter> and you will
>get lots of BIOS settings
>On Fri, 06 May 2005 20:03:38 +0200, Lars@fake.com wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>In these old machines there is very little one can actually
>>change in the Bios, none of the things you want to.
>>
>>Disabling the infrared you can do from the device manager
>>in Windows. Power management is done in Windows Control
>>Panel. I can not find any way in Windows where you can set
>>your printer port to ECP. But you can do so using IBM's
>>"Configurator". It is found here; (22 MB)
>>http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4ZFRG3
>>
>>It seems to be a new version since only two months. I use a
>>slightly older one.
>>
>>God luck!
>>
>>On 5 May 2005 17:56:54 -0700, workintandem@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>I am trying to change a bios setting on my 600e. (I want to change the
>>>printer port to be ECP, so that the printer will work).
>>>
>>>I can get into the bios, (power - F1 etc). When I'm in the bios, I cant
>>>change any of the settings, it just gives me options to change the date
>>>and time, and run diagnostics on the verious components of the machine.
>>>But I don't see any options to disable the infra red, set power
>>>management settings etc
>>>
>>>Where can I change these bios settings.
>>>
>>>I'm running XP
>>>I looked at the ibm website, it seems as if you need to do it through
>>>software (it said click start, ibm utilities etc, but of course I dont
>>>have any ibm utilities installed.
>>>
>>>Is there a way I can change my bios settings without software, and if
>>>not where can i get the software
>>>
>>>cheers
>>
>>
>>Lars
>>Stockholm
>>http://web.telia.com/~u84406120/
>



Posted by E Brown on May 8, 2005, 8:28 pm
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On Sun, 08 May 2005 00:36:43 GMT, scosgt@worldnet.att.net (Bruce
Markowitz) wrote:

>I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE POST THE WRONG ANSWERS AND ACT LIKE THEY KNOW
>WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!

        I post wrong answers all the time. It's a weird quirk of human
nature, but a simple "does anyone know?" post will get nothing but
crickets chirping, while a wrong answer will draw everyone out of the
woodwork shouting at the top of their lungs.
        I learned this trick helping my little sister with her homework
when we were kids. Open a book to learn something? No way. Hours of
research to prove her brainy older brother wrong? No problem! :-)
        Emanuel


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