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TP 560E - BIOS PN and date matrix

Applicable to: World-Wide

BIOS PN and Date Matrix for TP 560E for U.S. and Canada only.

Follow this link to obtain the latest version of the BIOS Diskette:

Diskette Version	BIOS P/N	BIOS Date
1.00	05K3091	08-20-97
1.02	05K3095	09-03-97
1.10	97H4078	04-15-98

Fixes:

1.00
- (New) IBM 4GB and 5GB hard disk drives are supported.

1.02
- (Fix) Video Corruption intermittently occurs during POST and during Hardware Detect.
- (Fix) System intermittently hangs while operating on battery power.

1.10
- (New) Support for Windows 98.
- (Fix) CHKDSK.COM does not run from command prompt after executing RediSafe-suspend / resume with opening window or full screen, if installed FIX PACK-005 over OS/2 4.0 .
- (Fix) Screen off Timer is not restored after changing presentaion mode.
- (Fix) TCO application may report invalid memory information.
- (Fix) Serial mouse is not working on resume from hibernation.

Service Information

The System Program Service diskette installs System Program as follows:

ThinkPad Model	BIOS P/N	Date	Reserved BIOS Area*	Usable BIOS ROM Area*
560E	97H4078	04/15/98	C000-C7FF F000-FFFF	E000-EFFF

* NOTE:
- Memory Range C000-C7FF is reserved for Video BIOS.
- Memory Range E000-EFFF can be used as UMB (Upper Memory Block) by a memory manager such as EMM386.EXE.
- Memory Range F000-FFFF is reserved for BIOS.

The BIOS P/N and the date can be viewed by invoking Easy-Setup menu.

Trademarks

* IBM and ThinkPad are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
* Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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	Hint Category	BIOS
	Date Created	18-12-97
	Last Updated	14-07-98
	Revision Date	13-07-99
	Brand	IBM ThinkPad
	Product Family	ThinkPad 560E
	Machine Type	2640
	Model	Various
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