Thinkpad R40 varia (1)

2019-11-02 Thread zeurkous
[not subscribed, please Cc, thanks.] Me's retiring the R40 in its current capacity, so let me wind up a couple of things: There was nothing wrong with the CMOS battery; the seller gave me the impression that the machine had been used recently, but menow suspects that quite not to be the case, hen

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2017-09-23 Thread leo_tck
About the system partition: In the process of preparing to install OpenBSD, I set the 'IBM Predesktop Area' BIOS option to 'Disabled', expecting a hidden partition to appear. Imagine my surprise when only the NTFS partition (it came w/ m$ poop installed), which filled the entire disk, was visible.

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2017-09-23 Thread leo_tck
Alright, I opened the sucker up. First of all, it's a type 2722, w/ a 14" display. Sorry for omitting that information before. The CMOS battery is indeed there, wrapped in black rubber (or rubber-like plastic), under the keyboard, next to the keyboard and touchpad connectors. I suppose I'll see a

re: Thinkpad R40 varia

2017-09-23 Thread leo_tck
riccardo.mott...@libero.it wrote: > there is one, usually wrapped in a yellow plastic. a Lithium battery. I > have seen dozens of thinkpads of your vintage. From model to model it > might change place and way to access it. Usually under the palmrest or > under the keyboard. Sometimes near the RA

re: Thinkpad R40 varia

2017-09-23 Thread leo_tck
Hi, florian.ermi...@mailbox.org wrote: > Have you checked for a separate CMOS > battery - which is probably long dead? As a matter of fact I haven't yet. Stay tuned. > I would be surprised if there's more than > some diagnostic software for to ease the > job of IBM's customer support=2E > I inst

Re: Thinkpad R40 varia

2017-09-07 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, Florian Ermisch wrote: Swapping the general battery clears the 'CMOS' memory. I surmise that >there is no seperate CMOS battery: I consider this a design flaw. > Have you checked for a separate CMOS battery - which is probably long dead? there is one, usually wrapped in a yellow plastic

Re: Thinkpad R40 varia

2017-09-06 Thread Florian Ermisch
Am 2. September 2017 17:08:17 MESZ schrieb leo_...@volny.cz: >Just some notes on the damn thing: > >Swapping the general battery clears the 'CMOS' memory. I surmise that >there is no seperate CMOS battery: I consider this a design flaw. > Have you checked for a separate CMOS battery - which is pr

Thinkpad R40 varia

2017-09-02 Thread leo_tck
Just some notes on the damn thing: Swapping the general battery clears the 'CMOS' memory. I surmise that there is no seperate CMOS battery: I consider this a design flaw. As with lots of IBM PC stuff of the era (since the PS/2?), there's a 'system partition' (or whatever they called it that week)