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by therigwelder
Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:36 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 16 colors suck
Replies: 4
Views: 767

i went to the posted address and downloaded the display drivers,however that didnt work.when i enter the bios and run the test on the display it tests okay showing all color and resolutions
:?:
by therigwelder
Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:03 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 16 colors suck
Replies: 4
Views: 767

16 colors suck

i just put this 600e together and i cannot figure out the display,ive got 2 choices 2 color and 16 color @ 640 x 480.
can i get true color or at least 256? :?:
by therigwelder
Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:33 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: error 19990305
Replies: 3
Views: 860

hey alpha how you doing? this is for your old 600e. i replaced the system board and put in one of the hard drives you sent.if i remember correctly you put an os on the disk before you sent it.
i havent been able to get anymore 760e machines. how are the machines i sent you working?
by therigwelder
Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:07 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: error 19990305
Replies: 3
Views: 860

error 19990305

i understand this error means no bootable device .I get this error after i press the f1 key on the insert disk screen. how do i get it to boot ?600e series machine
by therigwelder
Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:00 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 600e no power
Replies: 3
Views: 570

yep the whole thing got hot.so if there is a seperate d/c card or something maybe it didnt hurt the mother board probably burnt some diodes.i can put my hands on another used motherbord for cheap.but that would take all the fun out of figureing out why and what went wrong,tinkering you know.lol the ...
by therigwelder
Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:12 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 600e no power
Replies: 3
Views: 570

600e no power

I just got a 600e, thanks to another forum member.now ive got to diagnoise and repair it.first off i pulled out the battery and it gave off a burnt smell and i could see the male prongs on the comp had got hot,so i then inspected the circuit board it showed no obvious overheat problems.my question w...
by therigwelder
Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:32 am
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 760el sound
Replies: 4
Views: 650

cool,two birds one stone
by therigwelder
Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:29 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 256 colors
Replies: 1
Views: 507

256 colors

here is another little something i want to figure out .my 760el only has a 256 color setting,but my other 760e has 256 and 16bit and true color settings ,how come?
by therigwelder
Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:24 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: Found early beep code info: still uncertain of prob w/760ED
Replies: 12
Views: 1201

www.unixuk.co.uk/sparc/eprm-mirror/epr2c/h5219.htm this is a site i found that helped me out with codes and all sorts of stuff
by therigwelder
Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:19 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 760el standby
Replies: 14
Views: 2149

i had a simlar problem with a 760 and never could figure it out,i would get to the command prompt and try to format the hd and no matter what hard drive i used i couldnt get past the command prompt.my best guess was a motherboard problem.if you figure it out let me know it will make good reference i...
by therigwelder
Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:11 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 760el sound
Replies: 4
Views: 650

thanks alpha ,i went into device manager and deleted all mwave and ess components and reinstalled she sings like a bird now
by therigwelder
Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:07 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: 760el sound
Replies: 4
Views: 650

760el sound

i cannot get sound from my 760 el.i know the speakers work as i hear the modem on dialup and system sounds.i have uninstalled and reinstalled all the mwave software.i reinstalledthe ESS audio driver again and the control panel says the device is working properly.on the multimedia tab it says i have ...
by therigwelder
Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:45 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

no hd recognition 760e

ok as per my earlier post" i killed my 760e" i am having hd problems first i had a 2 gb hd that worked perfect till i tried to install w2k then it crashed and i got"no fixed disks present" so then i installed a 1gb hd with win 98 already installed i booted up and got the same msg.so i went to easy s...
by therigwelder
Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:16 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

alpha, ive got an external floppy and an internal cd rom .i went to the site you suggested and individually downloaded each version of dos to a:/ disk.then individually tried to install the dos and all i kept getting was "invalid system disk".i put the 98 ebd in and type in FDISK i get "no fixed dis...
by therigwelder
Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:55 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

mine has cd installed,i tried downloading dos files but all i got was invalid system disk its still asking for COMMAND.COM .i tried all the dos files on that site you posted none worked :?
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:02 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

well if this ol computer was a ford i could figure it out,guess i will wait till i recieve ny hd's from alpha and just toss this 2gb.that sure would be eaiser
by therigwelder
Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:12 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

ive got a 98 setup disk.when i boot up i choose start computer with cd-rom support.it does the pci bus thing,then lists info about cd-rom drivers,continues with ramdrive version 3.06 virtual disk c:disk size:2048k,sector size:512 bytes,allocation unit 2 sectors, directory entries:64.however this is ...
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:15 pm
Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
Topic: swap 760e parts
Replies: 3
Views: 645

sorry i didnt answer all your questions, i dont have any sticks of i guess its memory sticks ,and the 760e is a9546 my email is the "therigwelder@yahoo.com
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:10 pm
Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
Topic: swap 760e parts
Replies: 3
Views: 645

yes i looked at what i had ive got the latch i am not sure how to get it out of the case ,i also have the modem clip ,and i have a video card it came from a 760 series but i dont know what mb it is.the complete 760 is mint but it only has a floppy.i wanted to put a cd and an osin it but never got ar...
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:15 pm
Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
Topic: swap 760e parts
Replies: 3
Views: 645

swap 760e parts

i have all kinds of 760e parts,including a complete working 760e with no os,i got it from a computer show,i will swap it for the largest 760e hd i can get (whats the biggest hd i can use)?ihave 3 760 for parts(dismantled)
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:56 pm
Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
Topic: WTB: ThinkPad 760 Replacement Latch
Replies: 7
Views: 1070

i am new to this site but anyway i have 3 boxes of 760 parts,i am sure i got those parts as well as 2 lcd screens one still ibm packaged,keyboards modems ,cd rom and floppy drives.also have one complete 760 in perfect condition no os let me know when you need those parts i would be glad to send them
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:40 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

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okay, how do i wipe the hd clean?and how do i install 98 i wont have cd-rom support eh?
by therigwelder
Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:16 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: i killed my 760e
Replies: 12
Views: 1967

i killed my 760e

my 760 had been working for several years on 98 se.i had to go and try to install w2k pro(a pirated version).well the install was a failure and i totally ruined my 760.i restarted the computer i figured i would try fdisk and reformat i got the message no fixed disks present.so i restarted and got er...

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