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Thinkpad 600 - how to enable com port/disable IR???

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:35 pm
by blackacre
Have upgraded the bios and installed Win2000 - cannot enable the com port or disable the IR port (they seem to share the same resources) in windows - Told it must be done in the bios.

Went to Easy Setup, but there is no "Easy" way. Ctl D gets me into the System Configuration Edit Utility (which apparently is where I need to be) by it is all Hex - can anyone give me help on this.

The entire goal of upgrading the bios (with a dead battery - thanks to the help here) etc was to activate the com port!!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:52 pm
by SqueakyPC
Hi blackacre: You could use the Thinkpad Configuration Utility. OR Perhaps you could run a session of PCDRDOS. Then i believe you can change some IRQs with PS2.EXE
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4ZFRG3

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:14 pm
by blackacre
thanks - ps2.exe did the trick -