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TP 390E - System specifications

Applicable to: World-Wide

EMC conformance

• Taiwan BCIQ CNS13438 (Taiwan EMC Standard)

Physical specifications
ThinkPad 390E - 12.1-inch 800 x 600 TFT 3.2 GB HDD with CD-ROM

• Width: 315.0 mm (12.4 in)
• Depth: 255.0 mm (10.1 in)
• Height: 45.7 mm (1.8 in)
• Weight: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) (2)

ThinkPad 390E - 13.3-inch 800 x 600 TFT 3.2 GB HDD with CD-ROM

• Width: 315.0 mm (12.4 in)
• Depth: 255.0 mm (10.1 in)
• Height: 45.7 mm (1.8 in)
• Weight: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) (2)

ThinkPad 390E - 14.1-inch 1024 x 768 TFT 4.3 GB HDD with CD-ROM

• Width: 315.0 mm (12.4 in)
• Depth: 260.0 mm (10.2 in)
• Height: 46.7 mm (1.8 in)
• Weight: 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) (2)

ThinkPad 390E - 14.1-inch 1024 x 768 TFT 6.4 GB HDD with CD-ROM

• Width: 315.0 mm (12.4 in)
• Depth: 260.0 mm (10.2 in)
• Height: 46.7 mm (1.8 in)
• Weight: 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) (2)

Accessories

• NiMH battery pack: 581 g (1.28 lb)
• Li-Ion battery pack: 476 g (1.05 lb)
• AC adapter (2-pin or 3-pin): 360 g (0.795 lb)
• Power cord for AC adapter: Approximate weight 90 g (0.19 lb)

(1) Actual specifications may vary based on features, vendor components, or manufacturing process.
(2) Includes battery and HDD

Electrical specifications

• Universal AC adapter: 100 to 240 V AC, 1.3 to 0.7 A, 50 to 60 Hz
• Li-Ion battery pack: 10.8 V, 4.8 AH
• NiMH battery pack: 9.6 V, 4.0 AH

Heat dissipation

• 191 Btu/hr maximum

Air temperature for shipping and storage

• -20 degrees to 60 degrees C (-4 degrees to 140 degrees F)

Acoustic noise level
Class 3D (office environment)

• Sound pressure level (operator position): 40 dB (operating)
• Sound power level: 5.1 Bels (operating), 4.8 Bels (idling)

Note: The noise emission level stated is the declared (upper limit) sound power level, in Bels, for a random sample of machines, typically configured, and operating in idle mode, for example, powered on, but no DASD read/write or other I/O activity. All measurements made in accordance with ANSI S12.10, and reported in conformance with ISO 9296.

Air temperature 0 to 8,000 ft

• Operating: 5 degrees to 35 degrees C (41 degrees to 95 degrees F) (without diskette)
• Operating: 10 degrees to 35 degrees C (50 degrees to 95 degrees F) (with diskette inside unit)
• System off: 5 degrees to 43 degrees C (41 degrees to 110 degrees F)
• Storage/shipment: -20 degrees to 60 degrees C (-4 degrees to 140 degrees F)
• Wet bulb (maximum): 29.4 degrees C (85 degrees F)

Air temperature: 8,000 to 10,000 ft

• Operating: 5 degrees to 31.3 degrees C (41 degrees to 88 degrees F) (without diskette)
• Operating: 10 degrees to 31.3 degrees C (50 degrees to 88 degrees F) (with diskette inside unit)
• System off: 5 degrees to 43 degrees C (41 degrees to 110 degrees F)
• Storage/shipment: -20 degrees to 60 degrees C (-4 degrees to 140 degrees F)
• Wet bulb (maximum): 25.7 degrees C (78 degrees F)

The maximum temperature when the system is on is linearly decreased from 8,000 ft to 10,000 ft.

Relative humidity

• Operating: 8% to 95% (without diskette)
• Operating: 8% to 80% (with diskette inside unit)
• Storage/shipment: 5% to 95%

Altitude

• 10,000 ft maximum (3,048 m)

System unit approvals

• FCC Class-B Certified to comply with FCC Rules, Part 15
• VCCI CLASS 2
• UL-1950
• C-UL C22.2 No. 950
• NOM
• CE Mark
• SASO
• ACA
• CCIB
• BCIQ
• MOC
• RFS449
• CER
• Designed for Microsoft Windows NT/Windows 98 logo certification

Software requirements
The ThinkPad 390E family supports the following operating systems: Refer to the considerations section for support issues unique to each operating system.

• Windows(+) 98
• Windows(+) 95
• Windows NT(+) Workstation Version 4.0
• Windows(+) Version 3.11
• Windows(+) for Workgroups Version 3.11
• PC DOS 2000
• PC DOS 7
• MS-DOS(+) Version 6.22
• OS/2(R) Warp Version 4 (refer to the considerations section)
• OS/2(R) Warp Version 4 Japanese (refer to the considerations section)
• Windows(+) 98 Japanese
• Windows(+) 95 Japanese
• Windows NT(+) Workstation Version 4.0 Japanese
• Windows(+) Version 3.1 Japanese
• PC DOS 2000 Japanese
• PC DOS J7.0/V

Previous versions of these operating systems are not supported; for example, PC DOS 6.3, OS/2 2.11, OS/2 Warp Connect V3 with and without WIN-OS/2, OS/2 Warp 3 with and without WIN-OS/2, Windows NT Workstation V3.51, Windows 3.0, and MS-DOS 6.0.

The following IBM system software is supported:

• OS/2 LAN Server Entry Version 4.0 Entry (*)
• OS/2 LAN Server Advanced Version 4.0 Advanced (*)
• Communications Manager/2 Version 1.11
• DB2 OS/2 2.1.1 (*)

(*) Client function only was tested.

(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

(+) Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Additional external attachment
IBM ThinkPad 390E compatibility
IBM tests a large number of commonly used and available hardware options for compatibility with its ThinkPad systems, using supported operating systems and configurations. In general, the user can expect that most IBM and vendor hardware options designed to run with supported operating systems, Intel-compatible system architectures and supported standard I/O interfaces to be compatible with the ThinkPad system. Some configurations, however, may not be compatible.

IBM does not warrant or support vendor hardware options, nor guarantee compatibility of those products with IBM systems. Refer to the applicable warranty and service terms provided by the respective vendors.

For existing IBM hardware options that can be used by the ThinkPad 390E family, refer to the latest Options by IBM (OBI) catalog and Web Site, as well as to the IBM sales configurator. IBM ThinkPad 390E system supports the following industry standard interfaces:

Enhanced parallel port (EPP) & IEEE-1284(ECP) compatible

• IEEE-1284-Atype 25-pin D-Sub Connector (female)
• Commonly used by the majority of desktop printers, plotters, etc.

Serial port, EIA/TIA-232-E interface-16550 compatible

• 9-pin D-Sub Connector (male)
• Commonly used by external modems, external IR attachments, scanners, etc.

Video port (external display)

• 15-pin D-Sub Connector
• VESA DDC2B compliant interface
• Commonly used to attach external CRT monitors

PCMCIA

• Standard two bay PCMCIA connector with ZV port capability
• 1 type III or two type I or II cards may be used (see considerations)
• Conforms to PCMCIA Release 2.1 specification
• Commonly used for a large range of PCMCIA (PC) cards used as modems, network adapters, extra memory, CardBus cards, etc.

Infrared port

• IRDA compliant, 4 Mbps Serial two way Communications
• Commonly used to transfer files between similarly equipped systems, to wirelessly attach devices, etc.

Keyboard, mouse, num-pad connector

• Standard 6-pin connector
• Requires "Y" adapter (P/N) 06G8619 to connect Keyboard and Mouse at the same time for AP countries
• Requires "Y" adapter (P/N) 54G0441 to connect Keyboard and Mouse at the same time for US, LA, CAN, EMEA countries.
• Numeric Keypad (Black) (P/N) 07G0086 for EMEA

Audio out connector (stereo)

• Standard 1/8" miniature stereo headphone connector
• Used to attached headphones or powered external speakers

Audio in connector

• Standard 1/8" jack
• Stereo line-in and mono Microphone connector (multiplexed by system)

Integrated modem
Most systems, depending on model, have a modem incorporating 56 Kbps(1) data and 14.4 Kbps fax functions. IBM supports the International Telecommunications Union ITU-T V.90 56K standard modem protocol on all models of the ThinkPad 390E system that have an internal programmable modem.
(1) V.90 and other technology modems are designed to receive data at up to 56 Kbps from a compatible service provider, and transmitting data at up to 31.2 Kbps. Public networks currently limit maximum download speeds to about 53 Kbps. Actual speeds depend on many factors and are often less than the maximum possible.

Advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) compliant
The ThinkPad 390E is ACPI ready. Although ACPI is not installed, the ThinkPad 390E hardware and BIOS support ACPI. While ACPI shows a great deal of promise for the future, numerous problems affect the operation of ACPI on ThinkPad and other notebook systems. Therefore, the ThinkPad 390E comes with Windows 98 running APM mode. When the remaining issues with ACPI are resolved, an upgrade package will be made available on the IBM Web site. The upgrade package will contain operating system updates, device driver updates, and BIOS updates to make ACPI work reliably.

The IBM ThinkPad 390E system has the following standard and optional features
Microprocessor (1)
New and Powerful Intel(R) Mobile Pentium II processors at 333 MHz or 300PE MHz, depending on model, with 256 KB full-speed onboard L2 cache or the new Intel Mobile Celeron(TM) processor at 300 MHz with 128 KB full-speed onboard L2 cache. This L2 cache is on the CPU chip and is a better performer than the ThinkPad 390 512 KB L2 cache.

Memory devices

• 64 MB or 32 MB of memory is standard, depending on model, and is customer upgradeable to a maximum of 256 MB. 32 MB, 64 MB or 128 MB memory modules are optional.
• An internal slot is provided for one additional memory module as standard with these systems. One 64 bit Memory Module(s) of 3.3 volt, non-parity technology can be installed in the system for memory expansion.

Storage devices

• Internal 3.5 inch 1.44 MB(2) diskette drive, included internally on systems made possible by three spindle design.
• 2.5 inch 6.4 GB, 4.3 GB or 3.2 GB hard disk drive is standard, depending on model

2.5 inch 6.4 GB(6480 million bytes) drive specifications(3)

• Formatted Capacity	6480 MB
  Average Seek (ms)	12 ms(Read) / 14 ms(Write)
  Data transfer rate	61.5(ID) / 102.6(OD) Mbits/sec
  	16.6 MBytes/sec (PIO Mode-4, DMA Mode-2)
  Interface transfer rate	33.3 MBytes/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-2)
  Average Latency	7.1 ms
  Bus Interface	ATA-4

  
  

  
  2.5 inch 4.3 GB (4320 million bytes) drive specifications(3)
  

  
  

  Formatted Capacity	4320 Million Bytes
  Average Seek (ms)	13 ms(Read) / 14 ms(Write)
  Data transfer rate	61.5(ID) / 102.6(OD) Mbits/sec
  	16.6 MBytes/sec (PIO Mode-4, DMA Mode-2)
  Interface transfer rate	33.3 MBytes/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-2)
  Average Latency	7.1 ms
  Bus Interface	ATA-4

  
  

  
  2.5 INCH 3.2 GB (3240 million bytes) drive specifications(3)
  

  
  

  Formatted Capacity	3240 Million Bytes
  Average Seek (ms)	13 ms(Read) / 14 ms(Write)
  Data transfer rate	61.5(ID) / 102.6(OD) Mbits/sec
  	16.6 MBytes/sec (PIO Mode-4, DMA Mode-2)
  Interface transfer rate	33.3 MBytes/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-2)
  Average Latency	7.1 ms
  Bus Interface	ATA-4

  
  

  
  Notes:
  (1) MHz only measures microprocessor internal clock speed, not application performance. Many factors affect application performance.
  (2) MB when used with hard disk or diskette drive capacity indicates 1,000,000 bytes. MB when used with system memory, such as option cards, indicates 1,048,576 bytes. GB when used with hard disk indicates 1000 Million Bytes.
  (3) Different hard disk drives may have different specifications. Since IBM occasionally changes hard disk drive componentry these specifications are subject to change without notice. Contact your IBM representative for more details.
  
  Euro currency
  This product is Euro Hardware Ready for AP, LA, EMEA.
  
  IBM considers an IBM product to be EuroReady if the product, when used in accordance with its associated documentation, is capable of correctly processing monetary data in the euro denomination and of respecting the euro currency formatting conventions (including the euro sign). This assumes that all other products (i.e. hardware, software, firmware etc.) that are used with this product are also EuroReady. IBM hardware products that are EuroReady may or may not have an engraved euro sign key on their keyboards.
  
  Currently, EuroReady status applies primarily to IBM products specific to the EMU countries. Products that are not specific to these countries are deemed to be "not ready" for euro unless otherwise stated in the product's country-specific specifications.
  
  (NB: IBM supplies certain IBM products which include third party software (pre-loaded or not) and / or third party attached hardware. In these instances IBM is not in a position to assert that these third party products are, in themselves, EuroReady. Therefore such IBM products will be designated as Hardware Ready.)
  
  For additional information about the Euro, visit Web Site http://www.europe.ibm.com/euro/index.html
  
  
  

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  	Date Created	09-03-99
  	Last Updated	05-05-99
  	Revision Date	06-05-2000
  	Brand	IBM ThinkPad
  	Product Family	ThinkPad 390E
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