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Conference akocoa::decpc_portables

Title:DECpc _Portables
Moderator:PCBUOA::GLANTZ
Created:Wed May 08 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2423
Total number of notes:11059

2289.0. "Ultra II, NT4.0, EPM problems" by NZOV02::GUTHREYCHRIS () Mon Jan 27 1997 20:40

    Hi All,
    
    I am having a couple of problems with the Digital NT4 drivers for the
    Hinote Ultra II.
    
    1) EPM - the power  management thinks that the batterry is 100%
    charged, and that the laptop is plugged into external power supply
    regardless of what the actuall battery charge (as shown on the lcd
    panel) is, or if oit it is really being run on battery.
    
    I have tried re-installing the EPM drivers, but no luck.
    
    2) PCMCIA Modem interference.  I am using a Moterola Montana modem. If
    I am running the laptop on battery, any dialup networking connections
    over the modem work fine.  When I plug in the external power supply,
    the Dialup networking monitor reports bad CRC Frames or just slows
    right down to 5 seconds delays  betwwen each recieve/transfer of data.
    Unplug the power - the connection begins working again.
    
    I am running NT4.0 Workstation, SP1
    
    Firstly, can anyone advise me on how to UNINSTALL the EPM, as I need
    modem functionality more than I need Power Management.
    
    Regards,
    Chris
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2289.1How to report the problem?NZOV02::GUTHREYCHRISFri Jan 31 1997 22:129
    No luck on this one so far...
    
    I'd like to report the problem to the group that developed the NT40
    drivers for the HiNote Ultra II.   Can anyone advise me on what the
    proper procedure and channels for doing that is?
    
    Thanks,
    Chris Guthrey
    Auckland
2289.2NTDETECT.COMNETRIX::"pricerc@mail.dec.com"Ryan PriceWed Feb 12 1997 06:1120
Hi,

I discovered that the EPM installation puts a modified NTDETECT.COM 
into the root directoy of the partition on which NT is installed,
instead of the root directory of the C: partition. On my system, I
have NT installed on a 1GB NTFS partition, with a 250MB FAT partition
for DOS and Windows 95, NT DETECT ended up on the NTFS partition.

Just copy the NTDETECT.COM from wherever it is to C:\, and boot your
PC, you should then be fine.

Also, watch out if you install SP2, you need to re-install all the
Ultra II extras, BEFORE you reboot your PC, or it may not boot. This
includes re-copying the NTDETECT.COM. I didn't have the problem, 
but a colleague did.

Ryan
NPBU, 
South Africa
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