A couple thoughts to add here.
First, this may be a Windows problem that is not really specific to your SelectaDock III. I recall fixing issues similar to this by fiddling with various XP files or settings. One thing that might be happening is that you are getting an error message but the system is rebooting before you can actually see the error message. You might try System Properties -> Startup and Recovery -> Advanced -> System failure: un-select the "Automatically restart" entry (if it isn't already unselected). (This setting can be changed when you boot up from undocked state and it will carry over to your docked config. Also, I think there may be at least one software update from Windows (not a BIOS update, but a patch to a system file) that addresses this specific problem in some installs of XP, so you might do some searching on the Microsoft site.
But if it is a SelectaDock III issue, then I have had very little success resolving the kind of problem where the system refuses to fully boot in the dock. I recall experiencing issues where the booting freezes up or just sits at one screen interminably and never being able to resolve that without removing the hardware profile entirely. The problem of having a system continually reboot, though, I recall possibly fixing in one or two cases (maybe?). What may be happening is that the system is caught in some kind of hardware profile endless loop where it is trying to boot up in one profile but then realizes that the hardware is different and so switches modes, re-POSTs, and then tries another profile, only to find that that profile is corrupted or not working for some reason. That is just a theory, though, I don't have any evidence that that is what is happening.
Some things to try:
- Try getting into the BIOS while docked
- There is some sort of QuickBoot setting in BIOS: try disabling that if it isn't already
- Try safe booting (possibly fiddle with one or two settings if you can get that far)
- Try pulling out the network card, plus any other extra cards/accessories that may be finicky
- Make sure you don't have any hibernation data stored -- i.e. if given the opportunity to wipe out your hibernation data during a reboot then go ahead and allow it to be wiped so that the system is not trying to read hibernation data from when you were undocked into a docked profile.
Lastly, the solution that I found would ALWAYS work if all else failed was to delete the docked hardware profile altogether, and then recreate the entire profile by booting up from cold while docked afresh.
Bookworm wrote:The user's guide I downloaded from IBM says it came with either ten floppies or three floppies and a CD. All IBM has is a supplemental software disk, but it doesn't have all the drivers I need. Where can I buy or download the complete set? (I also need the 600X CD's)
I don't think there are any drivers at all. I think I may have got a floppy disk or two with one of my SelectaDocks (certainly not 10), but as I recall the disk(s) had nothing on them that weren't available elsewhere, and none of them contained any specific drivers JUST for the SelectaDock III.
If you are missing 600X drivers, they are all available through the driver matrix:
Drivers and software - ThinkPad 600, 600E, 600X
Good luck,
Phil.