Video, OS/2 Warp and IBM ThinkPads

Last Updated: 30th December, 1994

Symptoms

Video display is corrupted in OS/2 and/or Win-OS/2.

Hardware

IBM ThinkPad models 360x, 750x and 755x.

Problem

The drivers supplied with the ThinkPad in OS/2 Warp install ok but do not behave reliably.

This seems to be more of a problem on colour models than on monochrome models, perhaps because colour displays put more demands on the drivers.

Fix

Obtain the latest video features diskette from IBM.

As of 29/12/94, the current version of the IBM ThinkPad Video Features Diskette is v1.33. It can be obtained from:

     ftp://ftp.pcco.ibm.com/pub/mobiles/vftps133.exe

Follow the instructions in the documentation of the self-extracting zip for making and installing the video features diskette.

Notes

If you need to vary the documented procedure at all to get it working for you, please send me a note and I'll update this page accordingly.
Jon Seymour (jon@zeta.org.au)
This page is part of the Warp Pharmacy project - a project dedicated to providing comprehensive support for OS/2 Warp via the World Wide Web.