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IBM ThinkPad
Dock II
User's Guide
Title: C78JAMST CreationDate: 05/06/94 19:15:58
Title: C78JAMST CreationDate: 05/06/94 19:15:58
IBM ThinkPad
Dock II
User's Guide
Title: C78JAMST CreationDate: 05/06/94 19:15:58
Note
Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information under Appendix E, “Product Warranties, Notices, and Statements” on page 141.
First Edition (June 1994)
The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LIMITED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some states do not allow disclaimer or express or implied warranties in certain transactions, therefore, this statement may not apply to you.
This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. IBM may make improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or the program(s) described in this publication at any time.
It is possible that this publication may contain reference to, or information about, IBM products (machines and programs), programming, or services that are not announced in your country. Such references or information must not be construed to mean that IBM intends to announce such IBM products, programming, or services in your country.
Requests for technical information about IBM products should be made to your IBM Authorized Dealer or your IBM Marketing Representative.
Some parts of this manual are taken or adopted from the Adaptec** EZ-SCSI** manual with permission from Adaptec, Inc. IBM Corporation has rights and responsibility for this manual.
Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1994. All rights reserved. Copyright 1993, 1994 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved.
Note to U.S. Government Users — Documentation related to restricted rights — Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.
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About This Manual
This manual contains information that is needed when you use the
IBM ThinkPad* Dock II Expansion Unit (hereafter called the Dock II).
It is organized into the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1, “Introduction” introduces the Dock II and describes its features.
Chapter 2, “Using the Dock II” provides the procedures for setting up the Dock II. Basic rules and operations for using the Dock II are also described.
Chapter 3, “Using the Security Features” describes the ways you can protect your Dock II against unauthorized use and theft.
Chapter 4, “Installing and Removing IBM Options” describes how to install IBM options using both the documentation provided with the options and this documentation.
Chapter 5, “Using the SCSI Controller” provides information about the setup of the SCSI controller’s configuration.
Chapter 6, “Solving Problems” describes how you can detect and resolve Dock II problems.
Appendix A, “Starting Up the Operating System” describes a way to start up the operating system that resides on a device attached to the Dock II.
Appendix B, “Using the SCSI Support Software” provides information about the installation and use of the option device drivers and the SCSI diagnostics utility program.
Appendix C, “Using the Selectable Program Load” shows how to automatically load application programs into the memory of the computer that enable the options installed in the Dock II when only the computer is docked.
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Appendix D, “Specifications” describes the specifications associated with your Dock II, the power cords, and the ports.
Appendix E, “Product Warranties, Notices, and Statements” contains the warranty statement of the Dock II, notices, trademarks, FCC statement, CDCC statement, and EC directive conformance statement.
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Information Notices
This User's Guide contains notices that relate to specific information or text.
Note
Provides important hints, tips, guidance, or advice.
Warning
Indicates possible damage to programs, devices, system, or data. A warning notice appears before the related instruction or situation in which possible damage could occur.
Caution
Indicates situations that are potentially hazardous to you. A caution appears in text before the instruction or situation that could be hazardous.
Danger
Indicates situations that are potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you. It is indicated by the symbol (
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Important
Provides important information or guides that you should pay attention to.
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Checking the Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Locating Dock II Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Dock II Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Warning Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chapter 2. Using the Dock II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Setting Up the Dock II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Docking and Undocking the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Rules of Docking and Undocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Docking the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Undocking the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Turning On and Off the Computer and the Dock II . . . . . . . . |
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Security Lock Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Key Positions and Their Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Securing the Dock II with the Kensington Lock . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Securing the PCMCIA Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Ordering Additional Security Lock Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing and Removing Devices in the Half-High Drive Space . |
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Installing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing and Removing the ISA Adapter Cards . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing the Adapter Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing the Adapter Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the PCMCIA Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Connecting External SCSI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Connecting Other External Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing and Installing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing and Installing the Blank Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing the Blank Bezel for the ISA Adapter Cards . . . . . |
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Installing the Blank Bezel for the ISA Adapter Cards . . . . . . |
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Releasing the Latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chapter 5. Using the SCSI Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Connecting Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Assigning SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Terminating the SCSI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring the Host Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Running the SCSISelect Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Main Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Switch Block Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chapter 6. Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Before Testing Is Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Testing Your Dock II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Troubleshooting Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Computer Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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External Display (CRT) Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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LCD Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Option Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Other Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Getting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Appendix A. Starting Up the Operating System . . . . . . . . |
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Planning for the Operating System Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Starting DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Starting the OS/2 2.1 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Appendix B. Using the SCSI Support Software . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing EZ-SCSI for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing EZ-SCSI for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Reinstalling Adaptec EZ-SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing More Online Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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readme.txt File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Adaptec SCSI Interrogator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Formatting Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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scsifmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Running scsifmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Command Line Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Running afdisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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General Hardware Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Appendix C. Using the Selectable Program Load . . . . . . . . |
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Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Wet Bulb Temperature |
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Maximum Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Electrical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Audio-Circuit Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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IBM Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Electrical Safety Notice
CAUTION:
Do not operate the Dock II with the top cover removed. To install the top cover, see “Installing the Top Cover” on page 66.
D A N G E R :
Power is controlled by the power switch of the Dock II or the computer. For emergencies, always use easily accessible electrical outlets to turn off the power by unplugging the Dock II power cord. The outlet should be installed near the Dock II and should be easily accessible.
D A N G E R :
To avoid a shock hazard, do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
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D A N G E R :
To avoid a shock hazard:
The power cord must be connected to an outlet that has been properly wired and grounded according to your local wiring rules.
This equipment must have an earth ground.
Apparaten skall anslutas till jordat uttag när den ansluts till ett nätverk.
Jordet stikkontakt skal benyttes når apparatet tilkobles datanett.
Laite on liitettävä suojakosketinspistorasiaan.
Any equipment to which this product is attached must also be connected to an outlet that has been properly wired and grounded according to your local wiring rules.
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F i r s t , a t t a c h a l l c a b l e s t o d e v i c e s .
A t t a c h s i g n a l c a b l e s t o r e c e p t a c l e s .
A t t a c h p o w e r c o r d t o o u t l e t .
T u r n d e v i c e O N .
F i r s t , r e m o v e p o w e r c o r d f r o m o u t l e t .
R e m o v e s i g n a l c a b l e s f r o m r e c e p t a c l e s .
R e m o v e a l l c a b l e s f r o m d e v i c e s .
N o t e : I n t h e U . K . , b y l a w , t h e t e le p h o n eN o t e : I n t h e U . K . , b y l a w , t h e p o w e r l i n e c a b l e m u s t b e c o n n e c t e d a f t e r t h e c o r d m u s t b e d i s c o n n e c t e d a f t e r t h e p o w e r c o r d . t e l e p h o n e l i n e c a b l e .
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Chapter 1. Introduction
The Dock II provides expandability for the following IBM ThinkPad computer systems (hereafter called the computer) providing the same usability as a desktop computer system.
IBM ThinkPad 750 family
IBM ThinkPad 755 family
IBM ThinkPad 360 family
Portability of your computer is made easier because computer options are installed in the Dock II, and docking and undocking are effortlessly done. After your computer is docked to the Dock II, you can readily use it with the Fail-safe Docking and Plug-and-Play Ready features.
The Dock II has enhanced security features to protect it from theft and unauthorized use.
This chapter contains:
Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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** PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, and Kensington is a trademark of Kensington Microware Inc.
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Checking the Items
Check that you have the following items.
If any are missing or damaged, call your IBM marketing representative or dealer.
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1.An extra key is provided as a spare.
2.The key number is necessary when replacing lost keys. See “Ordering Additional Security Lock Keys” on page 35.
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Locating Dock II Features
This section identifies the features for the Dock II. Symbols for connectors are printed on the back of the Dock II above each connector for easy identification.
Front View
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1Top Cover
2Tray is where the computer is placed for docking.
3Headphone Jack is where the plug of the stereo headphone is connected.
Note
When the stereo headphone plug is connected to this jack, the speakers do not operate.
4Volume Control adjusts the loudness of the speakers and headphone.
5Half-High Drive Space accommodates one storage device. The blank bezel is removed when installing a removable-media device.
6Status Indicators indicate the current status of the Dock II by their on/off status. For more information about the status indicators, see “Dock II Status Indicators” on
page 8.
71-Inch-High Drive Space accommodates one storage device. The blank bezel is removed when installing a removable-media device.
8Power Switch turns the computer on or off. See “Turning On and Off the Computer and the Dock II” on page 28 for more information.
9Eject Switch unlatches the tray and allows docking or undocking.
1 Eject Lever ejects the computer from the connector of the Dock II.
11Security Lock secures various features on the Dock II, depending on the position of the key. This prevents the top cover and the contents of the Dock II from being removed, prevents unauthorized persons from using the Dock II by securing the power, and prevents the computer from being undocked from the Dock II. (For more information, see “Using the Security Lock” on page 30.)
12Unlatch Hole unlatches the tray to undock the computer in an emergency.
13Reserved. (Always keep this lever toward the rear of the Dock II.)
14Left Speaker
15Computer Connector
(male-type, 240-pin) connects the computer.
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Rear View
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16Keyhole for Kensington physically secures the Dock II from theft. For more information, see “Securing the Dock II with the Kensington Lock” on page 32.
17Speaker-in and
Audio-out Jacks connect external audio equipment to use speakers in the Dock II, and to use external speakers, respectively.
18Parallel Connector
(25-pin) connects a printer signal cable.
19Serial Connector (9-pin) connects a modem or serial-printer signal cable.
2 Mouse/Pointing Device Connector (6-pin) connects a mouse or other pointing device cable.
21 Keyboard/Numeric Keypad Connector (6-pin) connects the keyboard cable or the numeric keypad cable.
Important
1.Use this connector if you use an external keyboard or a numeric keypad.
2.The keyboard (numeric keypad) on the computer cannot be used when the external keyboard (external numeric keypad) is attached through this connector.
3.You cannot connect a mouse or other pointing device to a external numeric keypad that is connected to this connector. Connect the mouse or other pointing device directly to the mouse/pointing device connector.
22External SCSI Connector
(50-pin) connects an external SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) II device cable.
23External Display Connector (15-pin) connects the display signal cable of an external display that supports Video Graphics Array (VGA) of 640 by 480 resolution and Super VGA (SVGA) resolution.
24External Diskette Drive Connector (26-pin) connects the 3.5-inch diskette drive that has been removed from the computer and set up with the IBM ThinkPad 750 FDD External Attachment Kit (an IBM option).
25Power Cord Connector connects the ac power cord.
26PCMCIA Slots accommodate PCMCIA cards.
27ISA Slots connects ISA card connectors.
28Right Speaker
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Dock II Status Indicators
The LCD status indicators show the current status of the Dock II by their On/Off states or by blinking.
The following figure and table show the name and meaning of each
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Changing Modes
When you are operating a computer docked to the Dock II, you cannot put the computer in hibernation mode. You will hear a warning beep from the computer if you attempt this. However, you can enter suspend and standby modes. The following table summarizes these conditions.
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A combination of the warning indicator and the beep is used to alert users about operating conditions. The combination is different depending on the type and mode of the computer docked or undocked. The following table summarizes the warnings.
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Chapter 2. Using the Dock II
This chapter contains rules and procedures for the initial and basic operations for using the Dock II.
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