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TP 310E/ED,315E/ED - Installing DOS and Windows 3.11 and its device drivers
Applicable to: World-Wide
This document describes the installation procedures for Windows Version 3.11 and its device drivers.
Overall Procedure
Note: Do not install CardSoft for DOS.
5. Install Windows 3.1 (with Advanced Power Management) and the device drivers.
Device Driver |
Diskette Name |
ThinkPad Configuration program |
Notebook Manager Utility Diskette for Windows |
CD ROM driver | |
Display driver | |
PC Card support software | |
Audio device driver |
Installing IBM DOS 7.0
1.) First make sure that you create all the necessary device driver diskette within Windows 95 before continuing. For instructions on how to do this, click here.
2.) After creating the diskettes, power off the computer and insert IBM DOS diskette number 1 into the floppy drive. Power on the computer.
3.) At the Welcome screen, press the F3 key to exit setup, then press the Y key.
4.) We need to remove Windows 95 from the computer next. At the DOS prompt, type format c: /u/s and press enter. It will warn you that all data on the hard disk will be lost. IF you are sure you want to continue, press Y. Note: Make sure you have copied everything you need from the computer before proceeding.
5.) After it has finished formatting, you will be prompted to enter a Volume Label. You may enter something or just press the enter key to leave it blank. When you are returned to a DOS prompt, restart the computer, leaving the DOS diskette in the floppy drive.
6.) At the Welcome screen, press enter to continue. It will give you a list of default settings. Verify that they are correct and then press enter.
7.) You will then be given a list of optional tools to install. Press the up arrow key until IBM DOS Shell is highlighted and then press enter. It should change from YES to NO after doing so. Press the down arrow key until The listed options are correct is highlighted and press enter. You may want to note that you are installing DOS to the C:\DOS directory as you will be asked this later.
8.) You will then be given upgrade options. Since we are installing DOS for the first time, these options are not important. Press enter to continue.
9.) When prompted, insert the remaining diskettes. After the installation is complete, remove the diskette and press any key to restart the computer. You have successfully installed IBM DOS on your computer.
Installing the CD-ROM device driver for DOS (310ED,315ED only)
1.) Insert the CD-ROM device driver diskette for DOS/Windows into the diskette drive.
2.) Press any key to continue.
3.) It will then ask where the MSCDEX.EXE file is located. This will be the directory where you installed DOS. Press enter to continue.
4.) It will then ask you where you want to install the drivers. Press enter to accept the default.
3.) A window appears saying that it will modify the config.sys and the autoexec.bat files. Press any key to continue.
4.) A window appears telling you what changes it made to the files. Press any key to continue.
5.) A window appears saying that you need to restart the computer for the changes to take affect. Press any key to exit.
6.) Once at a DOS prompt, remove the diskette from the floppy drive and restart the computer.
After the installation, it will have added the following line to your config.sys file:
DEVICE=C:\KMEATAPI\KMEATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD0000 /P:S /O:M
After the installation, it will have added the following line to your autoexec.bat file:
C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD0000
Installing Sleep Manager for DOS
1.) Insert the Sleep Manager Utility diskette into the diskette drive.
2.) Type A: and press enter.
3.) Type INSTALL and press enter.
4.) You will be asked where you want the drivers installed. Press enter to accept the default.
5.) After the installation is complete, remove the disk from the diskette drive and restart the computer.
Installing Microsoft Windows 3.11
1.) Insert disk 1 into the floppy drive and type a:\setup and press enter.
2.) At the Windows Setup screen, press enter to continue.
3.) When the Windows Setup program asks you to select Express Setup or Custom Setup, select C for Customer Setup.
4.) It then asks you where you would like to install Windows. Press enter to accept the default.
5.) Windows setup will then give you a list of hardware and software components found on your computer. It should resemble the following:
Computer: MS-DOS System
Display: VGA
Mouse: Microsoft, or IBM PS/2
Keyboard: Enhanced 101 or 102 key US and Non US keyboards
Keyboard Layout: US
Language: English (American)
Network: No network installed
Using the up arrow key, highlight MS-DOS System and press enter.
6.) Scroll down through the list until MS-DOS System with APM is highlighted and press enter.
7.) Make sure The above list matches my computer is highlighted and then press enter to continue.
8.) When prompted insert disks 2 and three. Windows Setup will then prompt you to enter your name and company name. Do so and then click on Continue. It will ask you to verify the information. If it is correct, click on Continue.
9.) Windows Setup will then give you a list of installation options. They are:
Setup only Windows components you select
Setup printers
Setup applications already on hard disk
Click on Setup only Windows components you select to clear the X mark from the box. This will setup all components of Windows. Click on Continue.
10.) Windows Setup informs you that it will create a swap file. Windows automatically allocates a LARGE amount of disk space for the swap file. Click on Change to reduce the size. Under New Settings, make sure that Drive shows drive c and that Type indicates permanent. As a rule of thumb, the swap file does not need to be larger than twice the amount of system memory. If your system came with 16Megs of memory, then the maximum New Size will be 32,000KB. As a minimum, you would not want it smaller that 15,000KB. If you are unsure of the size swap file to use, use the rule of thumb and enter the amount twice the size of you memory. After doing so click on OK.
11.) Insert disks 4 and 5 when prompted. Windows Setup will inform you that it needs to modify your config.sys and autoexec.bat files. Make sure make all modifications for you is selected and then click on Continue.
12.) The next window tells you what your old config.sys and autoexec.bat have been saved to. Click OK to continue.
13.) You will then be prompted to install a printer. You may highlight your printer and click Install or if you do not have a printer or wish to install the driver later click on Continue.
14.) Windows Setup will ask where you want to setup to search for applications. Click on Search Now to accept the default. Since this is a blank hard drive, Windows will come back and say that it could not find any applications.
15.) When prompted if you want to run the Windows Tutorial, click on Skip Tutorial.
16.) You will get a windows that says Windows 3.1 is now set up. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and click on Reboot to restart the computer.
17.) After the computer has booted to DOS, type WIN to go to Windows.
Installing the display driver
1.) Insert the display driver diskette into the floppy drive.
2.) Exit out of Windows to a DOS prompt and type A: and hit enter.
3.) Type SETUP and press enter.
4.) Select your language; for example, enter A for English setup.
5.) At the Display Driver Setup screen, press any key to continue.
6.) The driver Windows 3.1 (6555X accelerated drivers) will be listed on the screen. Press enter.
7.) Press enter to select All Resolutions and then press the End key to begin installation.
8.) It will then ask you where you want to install the drivers. Press enter to accept the default.
9.) When the installation is complete, hit any key to return to the main menu.
10.) Hit the ESC key to exit the installation program and remove the disk from the diskette drive.
Changing the display driver and resolution
1.) After installing the display driver, you need to tell Windows to use the new driver. In Windows, double-click on Main, and then on Windows Setup.
2.) Click on Options and then Change System Settings...
3.) Click on the down arrow beside Display. This will give you a list of alternate display drivers. Scroll up the list until you see *CHIPS Multi-Media 6555X. To the right of this it will give the resolution and color depth. Select your desired resolution and color depth (if you do not know which one to select, choose 800x600x256) and then click on OK.
4.) A message will appear saying that a driver for this display is already on the system and ask if you want to use the current driver or a new one. Click on Current.
5.) It will then ask if you want to restart Windows for the changes to take affect. Click on Restart Windows.
Installing audio support software
1.) Insert the audio support software diskette into the diskette drive.
2.) Exit out of Windows to a DOS prompt, and type A: and press enter.
3.) Type INSTALL and press enter.
4.) A message will appear asking if you want it to make a temporary directory and start copying files. Hit Y for yes.
5.) You will be prompted if you want to install the OPL3-SAx Board. Click on Yes.
6.) It will then ask you where you want to install the drivers. Click on OK to accept the default.
7.) It will tell you that it made a backup of your autoexec.bat file. Click on OK to continue.
8.) You will be asked if Microsoft Windows is installed on your computer. Click Yes to continue.
9.) It will then ask you which directory Windows is installed. Verify that the correct directory is shown and click OK to continue.
10.) You will be asked if you want to replace the MIDI mapper. Click Yes.
11.) A screen will appear showing you the default settings for your audio device. You may want to note the Base I/O address, IRQ, and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster for future reference. Double-click on OK at the bottom of the screen.
12.) You will be asked if you want to open this setup window in the boot sequence. Press N for no.
13.) It will tell you that the setup is complete. Click on OK.
14.) You will be asked if you want to delete the temporary directory and all its files. Press Y for yes and hit enter.
15.) When you return to a DOS prompt, remove the diskette from the drive and restart the computer.
The installation adds the following two lines to the Autoexec.bat file:
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
C:\OPL3SA\SETUPSA.EXE /S
The installation adds the following lines to each of the listed sections in the System.ini:
[386Enh] |
[drivers] |
[OPL3SA.Drv] |
[YAMAHA] |
device=vopl3sa.386 |
WAVE=opl3sa.drv |
WSSDMADAC=0 |
ZVPort=0 |
Installing the PC Card program
Note: Please remove any PCMCIA cards installed in the system. Also make sure that no other applications are running on the system.
1.) Start Windows. Insert the PC Card device driver disk 1 into the floppy drive.
2.) Click on File then Run and type a:\install and then click on OK.
3.) At the Welcome window, click on Next.
4.) It prompts you to enter your name and your company name. After doing so, click on Next.
5.) After verifying the information, click on Yes.
6.) A window with your system information appears. Click on Next to continue.
7.) When prompted, select Let Setup Modify the original system files and then click on Next.
8.) When prompted, select Let Setup Modify the original .INI files and then click on Next.
9.) You will be asked what type of setup you would like to do and where you would like to install the drivers. Click on Next to accept the defaults.
10.) You will be asked which Program Folder to add the icons to. Click Next to accept the defaults.
11.) When prompted, insert disk 2 and click on OK.
12.) After the installation is complete, you will be asked if you wish to view the readme file now. Click No.
13.) You will then be told that you need to restart the computer for the changes to take affect. Click OK.
14.) Remove the diskette from the floppy drive. Exit Windows and then restart the computer for the changes to take affect.
This installation installs a driver in your config.sys file assigns drive letters to your PCMCIA slots. This will cause two things to happen. First, after you restart your computer you will get an error message saying Not ready reading drive D. This is because the Sleep Manager utility you installed earlier, searches all available drives to allocate disk space. When it gets to the D drive, which is your PCMCIA slot, it cannot read anything. To get past the error press the A key to abort. Secondly, your CD-ROM drive will move from drive D to drive F. Since the PCMCIA driver is loading before the CD-ROM drive is assigned a drive letter, the CD-ROM drive gets pushed back. To correct both issues just follow these simple steps:
1.) Exit out of Windows.
2.) Type cd\ and press enter.
3.) Type e config.sys.
4.) Find the line that reads DEVICEHIGH=C:\PCM4\PROGRAM\PCMATA.SYS. Put the cursor in front of that line and type REM and a space in front of the line. It should now read:
REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\PCM4\PROGRAM\PCMATA.SYS.
5.) Press the F4 key to save the changes and exit.
Note: The PCMATA.SYS driver is for PCMCIA ATA cards. If you are using, or plan on using this type of card, you will need to use this driver.
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DOS/Windows 3.x, Software Installation/Configuration | |
Date Created |
30-12-97 | |
Last Updated |
25-01-99 | |
Revision Date |
31-12-99 | |
Brand |
IBM ThinkPad | |
Product Family |
ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 315 | |
Machine Type |
2600 | |
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