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TP General - Unable to configure PC Card Modem to COM 1 in Warp 4.0

Applicable to: World-Wide

Symptom:
Unable to configure a PC Card modem to COM1 on ThinkPads using Warp ver. 4.0 ( Merlin )

Configuration:
ALL ThinkPad Models running OS/2 Warp 4.0

Solution:

1. Boot the machine
2. When the machine shows the OS/2 bar in the left corner of the screen press ALT+ F1
3. Select F6 ( do not auto detect any devices) (See Note)
4. Open a OS/2 window
5. Go to the OS/2 \ BOOT directory by typing CD OS2\BOOT
6. Edit the SNOOP.LST file by typing e snoop.lst
7. Put a ; (semi-colon) in front of the line IR.SNP
8. Select File, then select Save. Then exit the file.
9. Close the OS/2 window.
10. Open ThinkPad features
11. Disable the IR support & check to see if the Serial port is disabled as well.
12. Exit ThinkPad features
13. Shut down OS/2 Warp
14. Restart Warp
15. Open Command prompts and select the OS/2 window;
16. Type DEBUG and press Enter; .... wait for the DEBUG.EXE screen to appear
17. At the prompt, type D40:00 and press Enter. Confirm that the first line reads all 0s.
18. Type Q at the - , then close the OS/2 window by typing Exit and hitting Enter
19. Insert a IBM 28.8 modem or a PC Card modem of your choice.
20. Check "Plug & Play" under system set up and verify that the modem is ready.
21. Open hyperterminal, configure the modem (8,N,1 also set modem speed to at least 9600) and place the port setting as COM1.
22. Choose a number you know works.

At this point the modem will dial using the parameters specified.

NOTE: When you tell OS/2 not to detect any devices, you will not be prompted in the future that you have turned this feature on. You MUST remember that they've done this.

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	Hint Category	Communications, OS/2
	Date Created	31-01-97
	Last Updated	06-04-99
	Revision Date	06-04-2000
	Brand	IBM ThinkPad
	Product Family	ThinkPad 360, ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 365C/CS, ThinkPad 365CD/CSD, ThinkPad 365E/ED, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 380Z, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385E, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 390, ThinkPad 390E, ThinkPad 500, ThinkPad 510, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 560Z, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad 701, ThinkPad 720, ThinkPad 750, ThinkPad 755C/CS, ThinkPad 755CE/CSE, ThinkPad 755CX, ThinkPad 755CV, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED, ThinkPad 770X, ThinkPad 770Z, ThinkPad i Series 172x
	Machine Type	2620, 2625, 2635, 2636, 2626, 2603, 2604, 2640, 2641, 2645, 2646, 2630, 9552, 9545, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549, 9544, 2627
	Model	Various
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