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USB Problem on IBM Thinkpad

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Name: howagood
Date: September 26, 2005 at 09:16:30 Pacific
OS: W2K
CPU/Ram: 300MHz/256MB
Comment:

I inherited a vintage 1998 IBM Thinkpad i-Series laptop [Model 2611-411] with a single USB port on the rear, that doesn't seem to respond when I plug anthing into it.

When I look in Device Manager, I don't see anything that obviously relates to Universal Serial Bus ports.

Is there some test I can run to determine whether the USB port is still viable?
Thanks.



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Name: Zenith
Date: September 26, 2005 at 09:54:09 Pacific
Reply:

Not sure why - but under USb on this page, IBM states the USB port is only supported under Windows 98:

Overview - ThinkPad 1400

Here is the drivers/utilities download page for the 1400:

Downloads and drivers

98% of the population is asleep. The other 2% are staring around in complete amazement, abject terror, or both.


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Response Number 2
Name: name
Date: September 26, 2005 at 11:23:11 Pacific
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Here's another page I found on the subject:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4YQHUD


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Response Number 3
Name: Dirty_Sanchez
Date: September 26, 2005 at 12:55:08 Pacific
Reply:

Is USB enabled in the BIOS?


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Response Number 4
Name: blackbill
Date: September 26, 2005 at 18:05:42 Pacific
Reply:

The 1400 series at that time was WINDOWS 98. Someone upgraded to 2K and the upgrade is not 100% compatible.

Short of trying to find a proper driver, the next best thing is to go back to win98.


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