IBM SelectaDock III, User Manual

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Important Points (Read This First)
PC Card Director is a program to support PCMCIA Rel 2.1.
Hot docking means docking while the computer is operating or in standby mode. Warm docking
means docking while the computer is in suspend mode.
When you use the SelectaDock system for the first time, note the following important points:
Make sure that your ThinkPad is a PCI bus computer system.
The SelectaDock system supports only PCI bus computers. It does not support ISA bus
computers, even though the SelectaDock Base Model I supports both PCI and ISA bus
computers.
Supported ThinkPads are:
– ThinkPad 760E, 760ED, 760EL, 760ELD, 760XD, and 760XL
– ThinkPad 765D and 765L
– ThinkPad 770
The ThinkPad 760 and 765 user must do the following before docking it to the
SelectaDock system for the first time.
1. (Windows 95 user) Copy the INF files. (Refer to “Preparing to Use the SelectaDock
System (ThinkPad 760/765)” on page 1-8.)
2. Update the system program (flash BIOS).
3. Install the Battery Check Utility (ThinkPad 765 user only).
4. Update the ThinkPad Configuration program.
5. Update PC Card Director .
Refer to Program Installation Guide to update or install these programs.
Power on your ThinkPad after docking it to the SelectaDock system for the first
time.
If the operating system in your ThinkPad supports hot and warm docking , this operation
enables the hot and warm docking.
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