Well, I figure thats what i might have to do. Besides, I haven't spent anything on the laptop itself. I may also try and find a copy of windows 95 and start completely fresh on the laptop, to make sure that who ever had it before didn't do any damage. I have a copy of 98 and XP, and it won't meet th...

well, i tried to update the BIOS, but it says that i need a charged battery to prevent accidental power loss. Which i don't have. And i can't seem to charge this battery.

Ok, the battery actually ended up giving me problems. When i try to discharge it, it just reboots the entire system. From DOS or from windows. Not sure why.

Ok, turns out when i said CE, i meant CD. I'm used to higher letters meaning later/better models. Sorry about that. In the BIOS, when I tested the DSP, it passed and said ok. When i start up Windows, there is no sound, of course. (BTW< i got the battery pack working...had to clean off the contacts.....

Well, I just installed the midi files, and I'm still not getting any sound. Aside from the system beep. And if i use the Mwave audio control, this is what it says:"The Mwave Sound System Mixer is not currently installed on your system. This application is unable to proceed" I've installed all the au...

Actually, that was one of the first things i tried. There is nothing at all in the power options about the battery. As far as the battery being dead goes, thats what I'm afraid of. I was hoping that maybe laptop needed the program to charge the battery. I sort of figured that it wouldn't, though. Th...

Thanks a lot. i'm gonna give it a try. I just have to wait for it all to download. I'm also trying to figure out how to charge up the battery for the laptop. I'm sure there should be some sort of program to do it, but I can't find one. Aside from a reference to "fuel gauge" in the product manual i f...

Hi, Thanks for the link. I tried out the files suggested and the sound still isn't working. It now says "sound synthesizer is not installed" and when i try to use the volume controls, which i tried just because, it shut down the volume control program after saying i had to devices connected to use i...

Hi, A friend of mine recently gave me a 755ce, a 755cd, and another thinkpad. He knows i love working with computers, and that I have a bunch of old stuff sitting around. The truth is, I have a bunch of old desktop pc's, and i know them pretty well. I've never worked with a laptop before, so i don't...