Technical information

Chapter 3. Operating Your Computer

This chapter provides information about the use of your computer.

What Happens When Power Is Turned On? ........... 34

Using the ThinkPad Features Program .............. 35

Using the Program for OS/2 and Windows .......... 36

Using the PS2 Program ..................... 41

Using the Batch File ...................... 41

Using Easy-Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Starting Easy-Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Selecting Easy-Setup Items ................. 42

Using the Selectable Drive-Startup Sequence ......... 47

Changing the Startup Sequence ............... 47

Using the Fn Key Function ..................... 48

Using Power Management ..................... 50

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Suspend Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Safe Suspend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Considerations for Suspend Mode .............. 55

Hibernation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Creating the Hibernation File ................. 59

Considerations for Hibernation Mode ............ 60

Using PC Cards ........................... 61

About PC Cards .......................... 61

Limitations of Operation during Suspend and Hibernation

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using the PC Card Director Program .............. 62

Understanding the Meaning of Icons ............ 63

Starting PC Card Director for OS/2 ............. 65

Starting PC Card Director for DOS ............. 69

Starting PC Card Director for Windows ........... 70

Using the Infrared Communication Feature ............ 72

Considerations for Communication ............... 74

Using the Mwave DSP Features .................. 75

Using the Audio Function .................... 78

For OS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

For DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

For Windows or WIN-OS/2 .................. 80

Using the Telephony Function .................. 84

Connecting the Telephone Cable .............. 84

Using the Mwave Modem ................... 85

Mwave Data Modem ...................... 87

Using the Country Selection ................. 88

Mwave Call Discriminator ................... 88

Mwave Fax Modem ...................... 89

Mwave Telephone Answering Machine ........... 90