yup, it's a new battery, a cr1220 type. I recently revived a different 380E last year so I had to get a battery for that one which I am using for testing purposes. No matter what I try, it always complains about the 161/163 errors even though it seems to save the date and time from when I set it up ...

pressing F1 and then powering on still does not goto ezsetup. All 4 units still goto the error codes and then date/time prompt. I guess it's a system board problem now. It's a shame too because they are nice clean units.

Just got 3 of the machines, all in nice shape and they all do the same thing, which is POSTing a 161/163 error. I replaced the tiny battery and I still get the same codes. I've set the date and time correctly and even tried pressing and holding F1 at boot time to try to get into ez-setup to initiali...

My T40 has the noisy fan problem and I have a little program in windows to throttle it down or turn it off. I can't seem to find an equivalent app for Linux. I've seen some writeups about some command lines and other suggestions such as installing additional fan control support, but can't anything w...

I upgraded the BIOS on this 600E I'm getting ready to sell and after it completed ok and I initialized it, it booted to the 'feed-me' screen and then pressing F1 showed I9990305 which means there's nothing to boot from. plugged the drive into a USB adaptor on a desktop and the hard drive looked ok. ...

I finally got my old 600e flashed so it's now installing windows2000. I've read all the various steps people were using, but nothing was working. Here's what I had to do: Go into ezsetup and under setup->network, enable the flash option then exit out. Boot a DOS disk, then switch to the BIOS update ...

Picked up one in great shape, looks brand new. The hard drive was bad so I replaced it with a 540mb one. The system powered on with a 174/163 error. I set the date and time and now it POSTs with a 174 error. If I cancel out of ezsetup, it will reboot back to the 174 error. If I select OK, the system...

I was given a broken TP500 and it's so small! I'd like to get another one so I have something to repair.

Also looking for a 755cdv. If it's missing parts, that's ok, but it needs to be in good cosmetic shape.

I also have various newer models for parts only if interested.

Got a replacement real IBM battery for my T40, but when I put it in, I get a flashing yellow battery icon on the LCD status panel. The battery status wizard shows error and not charging. Could a new unused battery be bad? Anyway to make it working?

Thinkpad 600E Just installed v4.52 which runs fine, but I plan to get the PCMCIA working so I can use a NE4000 NIC for networking. I downloaded and installed the proper PCMCIA drivers for this laptop and when rebooting, the machine hard locks at the OS2 logo. I believe if I REM out the PCMCIA lines ...

Just rebuilt a 600E and when it works, it does pretty good. Randomly, I get a BSOD saying the BIOS is reporting something has failed that prevents windows from running any more. I've ruled memory out, and am testing with just the onboard 32meg. I didnt know windows 2000 would run on 32meg! If I cold...

For some strange reason, I did like the feel of the old IBM AT keyboard. You could bang on those keys all you want with no problems. The layout of the keys was intolerable though. The early PS/1 keyboards seemed to be a thinner version of the Model M since they also had noisy keys. Later they went t...

I've looked at CP2 and it does have some extra goodies that WSEB does not. Is it advisable to install CP2 over WSEB FP3 or better to install to blank hard drive?

The left mouse button still works, but it feels mushy now compared to the right one. Can this be fixed without having to disassemble the computer?

I have a Netfinity 5000 running OS/2 and I've got a bunch of filenames of various upgrades and drivers I want to download. Problem is they are not listed anywhere! I even tried the FTP site and cannot find anything. Here's some files I cannot find. 00n8686.exe 06p4949.exe 24p1931.exe Where can I fin...

I remember back in the old days of nickel metal hydride batteries, of telling users to fully discharge and recharge their laptop batteries if they were not holding a charge for very long. Supposedly that would increase their life. What about the batteries used nowadays? Is it better to fully dischar...

I remember back in the old days when recovery CDs could be sent for free within the first month I think. There was also an option where a CD drive would be sent as well and the user would connect it up to reload from.

No, I am not using my pre-production 365 model. This is just a junky machine I bought for $10 years ago and previously ran OS2 and win 3.1 on it.

FWIW, I actually got Win98 se installed and running on this stupid thing. Only problem is the drive is running in compatibility mode so it's very slow. There's no problems with viruses or IDE controller issues. Anyone ever got it working on this model?

Which one of the following models would work the best? I know some of the later models were not supported under any version of OS/2 so I wonder which of the models would have the best support for all devices. I may use WSEB or ecomstation 1.x

600x
T21
X20
A21M

I assume this was an option for some Thinkpad model but I have no info on it. Looks like it needs its own AC adaptor and has a battery pack installed. I'm not familiar with the connection plugs. What else do I need to plug this into a machine? On a related question, what is the IBM IDE PCMCIA card p...

I've got 4 batteries that fit a 600x I have, and none of them will take a charge. Is there any way to revive them, or should I just pitch the entire lot?

Well, the problem is the connectors on the back panel of both the CD and CDR/DVD are different so they do not seem to be interchangeable, yet both are IBM drives. I dont know what to do about this.

I've gotten a hold of four Ultrabay enhanced CDRW/DVD drives. I planned to upgrade a 600x and a A21m with these drives but discovered a problem. I can install the plastic bracket onto the new drive, but the plugin connector is a different style so I cannot attach the socket part to the back of the n...

I do have to admit there seems to be a fewer amount of clueless drivers in the DC area at least compared to NC. DC drivers will turn right at stoplights if they have any room to do so. The inner/outer loop of the DC beltway is still 5mph, but the average speed is 80. Once you get out of the stopngo ...

Nothing special here. Just an 01 F150 and I love it. No problems with it except for some spark knock on regular gas. 4.2 gets good mileage. I do like the styling. Also have a 1980 Pinto with a turbo 2.3 out of a Merkur (german ford sierra) Just about done, just have to finish the rear sway bar and s...

The symantec removal tool works quite well and (in my opinion) better than manually through the registry. On another front: The NUMBER of processes has squat to do with anything. If you don't want Symantec, fine. But reducing processes is a worthless activity that gains nothing. I have 80-odd proce...

Right now I've got my 760XL at 48 meg. I attempted to install a 64meg stick as well as a 32meg size and I keep getting strange memory sizes reported such as 24meg, 16 meg and 32 meg so it obviously does not recognize the RAM I installed. I have tried changing the position of tiny switch which didnt ...

The problem with the 9533 is a hardware post error 118 which seems to be related to the memory or system board so my original questions still could use answers.

Someone has one of these models running OS/2 and it's failed with a 118 post error. I know that's the system board, but is it a correctable error?
Is there a substitute PS/2 system board that can replace the defective one in the 9533?