Re: [TP770] Install of updated OS/2 video drivers FAIL

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Jun 19 1998 - 19:25:34 EDT

GO to my web site http://thinkpads.com and find the link to Ty Shrakes "Robert
Thorne Memorial Warped Thinkpad and Marching Chowder Society" site..
he has a fix..
also, see Ibn Batuta's fix for loading OS2 on the 770, on my web site..
he went through all of your problems and fixed them..

James Keeble wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In an effort to get rid of the video blanking problem I've been having
> with the 770 under OS/2, I tried to install version 1.2 of the video
> drivers found on IBM's Thinkpad Support site.
>
> Unfortunately, the install program crashes part way through with a SYS3175
> error in DSPINSTL.EXE. The machine will not reboot properly unless the
> video drivers are reset to VGA.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem? And if so, were you able to
> find a way to get the install to work?
>
> Also, if anyone has successfully installed the video update, does it
> indeed fix the blanking problem?
>
> Thanks,
> James 

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