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by marc.knuckle
Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:51 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: IBM Thinkpad 600E bios mod for processor update
Replies: 1082
Views: 998354

powerstrip doesn't seem to allow me to allocate more memory to the adapter as it says n/a for system memory section. dont know if that is the right section. any other advice? cheers mate
by marc.knuckle
Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:02 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: IBM Thinkpad 600E bios mod for processor update
Replies: 1082
Views: 998354

cheers i found that setting with some messing about but now wondered if i could get it to allow more ram to be shared with the video adapter. any ideas?
by marc.knuckle
Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:19 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: IBM Thinkpad 600E bios mod for processor update
Replies: 1082
Views: 998354

hey guys, how do i do this, i dont have a clue what to do to do the colour depth and mem overlay ----Video "By default the xserver graphics modes will be set to a 24 bit colour depth. As the neomagic card in th 600e does not support hardware acceleration in 24 bit mode the performance of the graphic...
by marc.knuckle
Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: IBM ThinkPad 600 BIOS update without working battery
Replies: 48
Views: 106476

done it!!! a good friend created an iso file for me with this method... run the setup file to a virtual floppy drive and then save an image of the floppy as boot.ima in Nero create a CD-Rom (boot) and use the boot.ima as the source data then simply burn the CD (without adding anything else) and boot...
by marc.knuckle
Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:45 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: IBM ThinkPad 600 BIOS update without working battery
Replies: 48
Views: 106476

come on guys, i am pulling my hair out.

i have just ordered an external floppy drive from ebay but not sure if it will work and how to get the boot sequence to recognise it
by marc.knuckle
Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:55 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: thinkpad 600e bios update without floppy drive
Replies: 1
Views: 3987

come on guys, surely someone can give some advice.

i have just purchased an external floppy drive but not arrived yet. it works through usb but not sure if the laptop will boot from it or if i can only use it in windows?
by marc.knuckle
Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:08 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: thinkpad 600e bios update without floppy drive
Replies: 1
Views: 3987

thinkpad 600e bios update without floppy drive

i think i should have put this in it's own post so here i go.. HELP!!! i have the thinkpad 600e that is on bios 35 but needs to be the latest which is 36 as i want to put xp onto it. unfortunately the bios file on lenovo site is a floppy image and the laptop has cd drive. i downloaded the Virtual fl...
by marc.knuckle
Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:07 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: IBM ThinkPad 600 BIOS update without working battery
Replies: 48
Views: 106476

HELP!!! i have the thinkpad 600e that is on bios 35 but needs to be the latest which is 36 as i want to put xp onto it. unfortunately the bios file on lenovo site is a floppy image and the laptop has cd drive. i downloaded the Virtual floppy drive and set it to A. i then set it to run so it shows in...