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Power management driver special package for Windows 2000/XP - ThinkPad General

Power management driver special package for Windows 2000/XP - ThinkPad General

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Power management driver special package for Windows 2000/XP - ThinkPad General

911.32KB
1.25.01

Windows XP (32-bit)

25 Feb 2004
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README for version 1.25.01 - IBM Power Management driver special package for Windows 2000/XP

uttppmxp.txt

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1.25.01

Windows XP (32-bit)

25 Feb 2004
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Version 1.25.01 - IBM Power Management driver special package for Windows 2000/XP

uttppmxp.exe

904.98 KB
1.25.01

Windows XP (32-bit)

25 Feb 2004
Recommended

Description

This is a special package which contains Power Managment Driver V1.25, Battery Information Support Driver for ThinkPad R30, R31 systems, and a registry patch program for Access IBM Message Center V1.0x problem.

What's More

This is a special package which contains Power Managment Driver V1.25, Battery Information Support Driver for ThinkPad R30, R31 systems, and a registry patch program for Access IBM Message Center V1.0x problem.
Therefore if you already installed the latest packages on your machine, you do not need to install this package again.

The registry patch program which disables Access IBM Message Center is for the following ThinkPad computers:

The Power Management Driver is Version 1.25 for the folowing ThinkPad computers:
Additional information
This Additional information field contains the following sections
I. Supported systems
II. Summary of changes
III. Installation instructions
IV. Determining which version is installed
I. Supported systems

The registry patch program which disables Access IBM Message Center is for the following computers
  • ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p
  • ThinkPad G40
  • ThinkPad R30, R31, R32
  • ThinkPad R40, R40e
  • ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23
  • ThinkPad T30
  • ThinkPad T40
  • ThinkPad X22, X23, X24
  • ThinkPad X30, X31

The Power Management Driver for Windows 2000/XP (ACPI) is V1.25 for the following ThinkPad computers
Windows 2000 ACPI support
  • ThinkPad 570E
  • i Series 1157(*1)
  • ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22m, A22p, A22e
  • ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p
  • ThinkPad G40
  • ThinkPad R30, R31, R32
  • ThinkPad R40
  • ThinkPad R50, R50e, R50p, R51
  • ThinkPad s31
  • ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23
  • ThinkPad T30
  • ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p
  • ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24
  • ThinkPad X30, X31
  • ThinkPad X40
  • ThinkPad TransNote

Windows XP ACPI support

  • ThinkPad 570E
  • i Series 1157(*1)
  • ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22m, A22p, A22e
  • ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p
  • ThinkPad G40
  • ThinkPad R30, R31, R32
  • ThinkPad R40, R40e
  • ThinkPad R50, R50e, R50p, R51
  • ThinkPad s31
  • ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23
  • ThinkPad T30
  • ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p
  • ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24
  • ThinkPad X30, X31
  • ThinkPad X40
  • ThinkPad TransNote

Note: *1 For ThinkPad 570E, i Series 1157:

  • Suspend service after ejecting the system from Port Replicator while suspending.
  • Does not support Fn + F3/F12 keys
II. Summary of changes
Version 1.25.01
  • (New) Initial for Windows Update.
    Contents:
    • ThinkPad Power Management Driver V1.25
    • Battery Information Support Driver 1.17(2.5.0) for ThinkPad R30 and R31
    • Registry Patch program for disabling V1.0x Access IBM Message Center

III. Installation instructions for Windows 2000

Note: ThinkPad Software Installer provides install/uninstall wizard for this package.
Install
  1. Start Windows 2000/XP and logon with a User ID of Administrator.
  2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive.
  3. Click Start and then click Run.
  4. Type [Program Path]\SETUP, and click OK where Program Path is the full path name where you extracted the package in the step 2.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Uninstall
Uninstallation is supported by Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. You have to logon with the user ID authorized as an administrator on Windows 2000/XP.
Silent Installation Guide (for Unattended Installation support)
Note: This is for system administrators' use only.

When you type [Program Path]\SETUP in the above installation guide, add -S -SMS parameter to SETUP. (Example: [Program Path]\SETUP -S -SMS)
IV. Determining which version is installed
Power Management Driver
Method 1
If you have the original extracted files, find the DISKKU.VER file. You can see the version information using a text editor.

Method 2
Check the date stamp of the IBMPMDRV.SYS file under the SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory. For example, 1:00 means Version 1.00.
Battery Information Support Driver
Check the date stamp of each file to see which version is installed.
Version File Name Date Stamp
1.00 - 1.0.10 CSMBATT.SYS 08/25/2001 17:27
1.10 - 2.0.4 CSMBATT.SYS 11/23/2001 13:12
1.11 - 2.0.6 CSMBATT.SYS 01/18/2002 21:30
1.12 - 2.0.8 CSMBATT.SYS 04/17/2002 17:46
1.13 - 2.0.9 CSMBATT.SYS 04/25/2002 14:08
1.14 - 2.1.0 CSMBATT.SYS 05/15/2002 11:02
1.15 - 2.3.0 CSMBATT.SYS 07/05/2002 18:29
1.16 - 2.4.0 CSMBATT.SYS 08/30/2002 17:45
1.17 - 2.5.0 CSMBATT.SYS 02/10/2003 11:39

To check the date/time of these files:

Windows 2000
  1. Start Windows 2000.
  2. Click Start, point to Search, and click For Files or Folders.
  3. In the Search for files or folders named: field, type in csmbatt.sys.
  4. In the Look in: field, specify Local Hard drives (C:,D:).
  5. Click the Search Now button. Windows will now search your hard disk drive for csmbatt.sys. If the file is not found, then the battery driver is not installed on your system.
  6. In the Found part of the window, select the csmbatt.sys file located in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.
  7. Scroll the window to the right and look at the Modified column to check the date/time of the file.
Windows XP
Start Windows XP.
  1. For Windows XP with Classic Start Menu, click Start, point to Search, and click For Files or Folders. Otherwise, click Start and then click Search.
  2. In the Search Companion panel, click All files and folders.
  3. In the All or part of the file name: field, type in csmbatt.sys.
  4. In the Look in: field, specify Local Hard Drives (C:,D:).
  5. Click the Search button. Windows will now search your hard disk drive for csmbatt.sys. If the file is not found, then the battery driver is not installed on your system.
  6. In the Search Results panel, select the csmbatt.sys file located in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.
  7. Scroll the window to the right and look at the Date Modified column to check the date/time of the file.
Access IBM
  1. Open Access IBM Message Center window.
  2. Click About on the System Menu.
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Alias Id: MIGR-54520

Last Modified Date: 22 Dec 2020

Original Publish Date: 25 Feb 2004

Document ID: DS000834

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