T1000XE

From: jpero_at_sympatico.ca <(jpero_at_sympatico.ca)>
Date: Sat Jan 26 09:28:31 2002

> From: "Sipke de Wal" <sipke_at_wxs.nl>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: T1000XE
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:20:57 +0100
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org

> I'll take it that the config is somewhere in a kinda
> CMOS-ram. So I would disconnect every battery in the
> machine for a couple of minutes to half an hour
> (there are always elco's), Then reconnect and reboot

That T1000XE uses standard 2.5" ATA HD, 20MB only due to
hard-wired bios. Usually Conner. HD is removeable from notebook
without disassembly. Flip over that notebook, there's the hatch
silver label w/ two screws and locking slider, undo all, slide the
hatch (to disconnect HD from motherboard) then take it out. Screws
for holding HD to hatch is hidden under same silver sticker.

CMOS stubby battery is lithium, other one long NiCd "pencil" battery
(made of four NiCd AAAA cells) under the keyboard near front is for
battery-backed ram disk. On Toshiba's cmos, disconnecting cmos
battery, cmos data erase is instantanous.

FYI: this notebook WILL NOT start if main 7.2V battery is not
present or dead. That is for sure because I had this problem.

Toshiba still have utility for setting up CMOS for older series.

Oh yeah, this is one of rare few XT machines that supports 1.44MB
floppies. (!!)

Cheers,

Wizard
Received on Sat Jan 26 2002 - 09:28:31 GMT