There are basically 4 parts to the battery charge system 1: power supply, it is possible you have the wrong one, the 600 will opperate on a much lower voltage than is required to charge You need 16 VDC at a bit over 3 amps per the label on my brick (16 v 3.3 a) 2: The charging circuit in the compute...

I'm using 98se on my 600E 2645-8AU but with almost 300 Meg of ram Do get all the IBM support disks (you can download the lot) And when you find a file called APM2APM.REG (Note this is for 98se, don't know about 98, but do know it's needed in 98se) invoke it one time Fixes a yellow exclamation point ...

1: Re Linux: I have yet to learn enough about Linux to fill a note card so I'm not the person to ask, but if you have any kind of name in AOL name space, including an AOL user id, AOL-IM, Compuserve id or Compuserve IM or Netscape ID or Netscape IM (And I think ICQ now qualifies as well) Then http:/...

Well, upon power on this AM I viewed that icon, It looks a bit like a Macintosh or an IBM PC-Junior It's a standard representation for "Computer" so the icons together say "Computer is Locked" Gee. Did not know I was going to have to study Hyroglyphrics when I took up computers Did you? (Somehow I f...

I will have to look at the picture next time I boot I have a password on this box. However... I do know this. It is possible to clear the password without typing it, I know this cause... Well... I've done it, many times in fact I did it by improperly docking the computer Alas, I don't know just exac...

The round one is a TV (actually video) OUT, from the DVD player it only works if you want to watch DVD's on an external monitor (If in the us it's NTSC)... That takes 2 pins, not sure what the 3rd is for The flat one is the external disk drive adapter. The floppy drive can be put in the ultra slim b...

It appears then that it's not an S-Video plug, as I said, my comments were simply a description of S-Video I have a DVD player (portable) that uses a 3-wire plug for video out, the 3rd wire (ring) is digital audio (S/Pdif type) I am not suggesting anything here Some systems use the ring as a second ...

To properly undrestand S-Video (Seperated Video) you need to be an old Commodore 64 user. Note: These comments apply only to S-Video (Also known as "Super Video") Please note: I do not know if the outupt jack is, in fact, S-Video, I don't have one. I do have S-video monitors, I just don't have the o...

The IRQ conflict I've seen with Thinkpad 600's is always with the Hard Drive controllers. Not the printer ports.. How many printer ports does it have (Most laptops have one) so the printer port either is, or is not, an ecp port. (The other port, if it has one is the Infra Red port, and that has to b...

It is even easier than that, Windows XP should offer you the OPTION of formatting in FAT-32 if you ask it. No special tricks required, the format disk utility has options If not, then we can do all sorts of fun things for you but I believe Win-xp can format a disk in fat-32. Will check when I'm at h...

Just out of coursity..... How much of a kick in the CPU can one give a 600, mine is a type 2645-8au (600E) currently 366Mhz and about 290 Meg total

Thought I had a memory problem but she passes all tests save her own
(And may even pass it if I re-run) Memtest86 was used even the bit fade passed)

My laptop is a 600E, when the Hard Drive started giving me warnings that it might just be on it's last I called Bill Marrow (Our esteemed host here) and asked, He suggested 60 Gig would fit....... HE also suggested Acronis True Image 8.0 I got the software, created an image of the drive and 2 weeks ...

Will do, Thanks... However my concern is that the error, if any, is on the soldered in, not the plugged in memory. I did try swapping the two and the mem test stalled in the same place. However the computer is working, in fact I'm using it to post this so I'm not sure. Just the occasional flake Kind...

While trying to install a program I had previously installed I had some problems... So, I installed it on another computer, made an emergency CD (it's Acronis True Image 8.0) and tried to set up the secuire zone from the EBD. Worked, However I had some starts where it suggested I might have a ram pr...

You may have hozed either the boot sector or the OS on your HD, it may or may not be easily fixed. Hard to tell without hands on for me, Others may have more luck, but if you can get a proper emergency boot disk for your OS you shold be able to view the HD if you can see it then it's not too bad, bu...

Thogh I normally use one of the ports on my 600E just to provide power to some speakers (which claim a much higher power rating than the port can possibly deliver, but still work, softly) I have in fact used the two ports for "other stuff" such as a mouse and an external memory at the same time. I'v...

That one I can't help you with, But the good news is now that we know the symptom... Perhaps someone else can.

What do you mean by Reset? Is it showing the wrong amount of fuel or is it just plain not working?

I have the 600e, not the x, however on mine Using the dock, (Port replicator is what most folks call them, IBM says "Docking Station" I have a choice I can use the 600's built in card slots (And in fact do on occasion) I can use the slots in the optional card enabler (Which I have and do even as I t...

I have a 600E, It came with a 20 Gig HD and I partitioned it as a signgle 20 Gig HD, running Win-98se, The ONLY problem I had was the every popular 3rd HD controller with the yellow circled exclamation point, and APM2APM.REG cleared that out just fine (it had no effect on operation since the phantom...

Is your external mouse USB or PS/2, I have one of each, my computer deals with both of them differently. I also do not recall if it tests the internal rodent with the external PS/2 plugged in and the setting on "External" I know with the setting on "Automatic" (Mine is a 600E) with a PS/2 device plu...

I don't know what all that registery patch does but I know on the 600E with the famous 3rd HD controller that conflicts with the others.. IT fixes it

For the poster who mentioned doing a CUP upgrade on his 600E

I'd be interested in learning more about that and teh required BIOS tweak

There are a couple of things I do where this 600E is just a bit... Anemic
(Or to be more specific... IT's very much "Minimum configuration"

You might not notice a stealth application such as a program designed to assist a spammer sending out his annoying "Stuff" to millions using your comptuer as a forwarding point. (I run a whole lot of things from time to time which are designed to assist that kind of software into oblivion, Zone Alar...

Is it possible that something is starting to tie up processor time? I know my 600E is SUPPOSED to play DVDs but alas, I don't have the internal (Ultra bay) Dvd drive and using a USB drive it takes abot 110% of the CPU's ability to play all but the simplist of DVDs. Interestingly enough, it can play ...

Is it possible the drive is developing 'Stiction' (Not starting promptly when powered up) and that by tapping or remiving/re-inserting it you cause it to spin up? (listen to it during start up)

Thanks Phil, that explains it, Any suggestions for w Win-98se user?

(Mobile Meter is not compatable with win98se)

When it comes to choosing a hard drive, Remember the rule of hard drives Rule of Hard Drives; It's too small No matter how big a drive you get, it will be TOO SMALL, so get the largest you can lay your hands on...... Bill tells me the 600E will take 60 Gig Second, Get an "Slim USB 2" case for your o...

There is a thread who's title includes 600E, Win98se and conflict (At the moment it is just a few threads down from this one) I have a 600E The 600 and 770 are "Same family" and have the same issues (Which is why they are grouped here) I followed the procedure in that thread (ran apm2apm ) it update...

I have not heard of that company but I have heard of and dealt with some of their competitors. There are really only abbout a half a dozen rechargable batteeries that are used for this kind of stuff. They are also used for radios, DVD players and a whole bunch of other devices, but only a few batter...