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Summary of changes

Installation instructions

Determining which version is installed

Restrictions

• (New) Support for Microsoft Windows Vista.
• (Fix) CGA font characters are not displayed on the screen with programs for DOS.

Click here for a complete list of changes fixed by this driver update.

• Remove the Power-on password prior to updating the system program (BIOS) in RDM (Remote Deployment Manager) environment or similar environment.
• You need an AC adapter and a charged battery pack to update the system program (BIOS).
• If your system is attached to any kind of port replicator, turn off the system and detach it before proceeding. (Except the ThinkPad UltraBase X4 option. You can attach the option and use the diskette drive option in it.)
• Make sure the System Program Service Diskette is write-protected.

1. Print these instructions or display on another system.
2. Firmly connect the AC adapter to the system.
3. Start Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista and logon with administrative privileges on the target system.
4. Extract this package onto the hard drive.
5. Click the Start button, then click Run. (For Windows Vista, click Start, select All Programs, select Accessories, then click Run...)
6. Specify file name with the full path name where you extracted the package. (e.g. C:\Temp\1UUJ22UD.EXE) Then click OK to create the diskette. Turn off the system when the diskette creation is complete.
7. Insert the write protected System Program Service Diskette into the diskette drive and turn on the system.
8. Select Read this first from the menu and carefully read the information that appears.
9. Press the Esc key to return to the menu.
10. Select Update system program and follow the instruction on the screen.
    
    Note: If you are updating the system program through the USB external diskette drive, it will take quite a long time to complete reading the system program file, but it is normal. Continue the update.
    
    Attention: Do not turn off or suspend the system until the update has been completed. If you turn off or suspend the system while the update is still in progress, the system board may have to be replaced.
    
    After the update has been completed, the system is automatically turned off.
    

1. Turn off the system.
2. Make sure there is no diskette in the diskette drive.
3. Turn on the system.
4. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button" message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the blue Access IBM key.
5. Double-click Start setup utility. The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If you have set a supervisor password, the BIOS Setup Utility menu appears after you enters the password.
6. Press the F9 key to load default configuration.
7. Select Yes.
8. Press the F10 key to save default configuration.
9. Select Yes. The system restarts automatically.
   

To enter the BIOS Setup Utility:

1. Turn off the system.
2. Make sure there is no diskette in the diskette drive.
3. Turn on the system.
4. While the To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key. The BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
5. Check BIOS Version and Embedded Controller Version.
6. Turn off the system.
   

• C0000-CFFFF : Reserved for Video BIOS
• D0000-D3FFF : Reserved for Option ROM of Ethernet (*1)
• DC000-DFFFF : Reserved for USB BIOS (*2)
• E0000-FFFFF : Reserved for System BIOS

Notes:
(*1) This area becomes free by disabling the Internal Network Option ROM option under Config and Network in BIOS Setup Utility.
(*2) This area becomes free by disabling the USB BIOS Support option under Config and USB in BIOS Setup Utility.

Usable Area:

The following memory address can be used by the memory manager such as EMM386.

• D4000-DBFFF

But certain addresses in this area will be reserved for CardBus Controllers or others by Operating Systems. The addresses vary and depend on the design of each Operating System.