From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Feb 13 2001 - 21:31:52 EST
AGAIN, and for the last time....
USB requires CARDBUS
CARDBUS is not enabled by default.
Download the ThinkPad Utilities from www.ibm.com
The utilities will allow you to enable Cardbus and set up an IRQ.
ONLY THEN will a Cardbus card work!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Wentz <dwentz_at_earthlink.net>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: 760EL Enabling USB in BIOS
> I've received a few replies to my question about adding a USB card to my
> 760EL and I appreciate the time people spent trying to help out. I've got
> a couple more questions though.
>
> At 01:27 PM 2/13/01 -0500, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> >You need to run ThinkPad Utilities and enable Cardbus, which assigns an
IRQ
> >to the PCMCIA port, NOT to the card
>
> The PCMCIA ports work fine when there's a modem or Ethernet card in
> them. It's just the USB that it doesn't like. Speaking of ThinkPad
> Utilities though, is this different from the EZ Setup? I assume so. I
got
> my computer used and the hard drive was completely wiped so any manuals or
> utilities that may have been on there are gone.
>
> It was also suggested that I initialize the BIOS, which I've
> done. According to the readme file that came with the BIOS upgrade it was
> supposed to reboot itself after initialization, which it didn't do. It
> just dumps me back at the config menu. Is that alright or was it not
> properly initiated?
>
> Finally, how does one change things in the ThinkPad BIOS? It tells me
what
> I've got and will test devices but doesn't give any option for changing
> things. It's very unBIOSlike. Is that all there is to it or is there a
> BIOS backdoor I don't know about?
>
> ~Dan
>
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