[LIB] Overclocking 100CT
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:59:09 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Overclocking 100CT FWIW a couple of weeks ago I overclocked my Libretto 100CT to 266 MHZ. It worked fine without any external devices. When I tried copying a complete cd-rom, the 100CT would crash I noticed that it was very hot. The CD-ROM PCMCIA card was also extremley hot. Sometine the 100CT would not boot until it cooled down for awhile. I decided to slow the 100CT down a bit and set the speed to 233 MHZ on Tuesday. Since then I've coppied a lot of cd-roms and the unit is stable with the CD-ROM attached. The PCMCIA card doesn't seem to be as hot (it is warm thought!). It has 64MB RAM. Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL
[LIB] File Copy limitation Win98?
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:04:40 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: File Copy limitation Win98? I have had a real rough time coping a particular CD-ROM. It's an encyclopedia and in the main data folder there are 27,600 files. Coping them from the CD would cause Win98 to crash. I'm wondering if the large number of files and with only 64MB RAM is causing Win98 to crash? Anyone know the limit? I finally broke the folder into three parts and was able to copy them to my 100CT. Once the files were on the HD, I was able to put them into the correct folder and the encyclopedia runs fine. Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL
[LIB] CF Card Libretto
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:20:01 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CF Card Libretto A tip a question. Tip: I've been using a Compact Flash card to move data from my desktop to my Libretto. I use a CF to PCMCIA adapter in the Libretto 100CT and a CF USB reader on my desktop. For $75 I bought a new SanDisk 1 GB CF card from BH Photo NY. You can copy an entire cd-rom to the CF card and then copy it to the HD in the LIBRETTO without needing to haul an external CD-ROM drive. Use a USB 2.0 CF reader if you can (My home readed is USB 2.0, my work readed is USB 1.1. Big difference!!!) Question: If I leave the CF in the Libretto and re-boot Windows 98, Windows 98SE crashes. I remove the CF card, reboot and all is fine. Once Windows is booted I can insert the CF card and Win98 sees it just fine. I've tried it with CF cards that are 64mb, 128mm, 512mb, and 1 gb. Same problem. Windows 98 won't boot with the CF card in place. The message I get is that there is a problem with the STACKS and to increase it. No mater what I do with the STACKS command in the CONFIG.SYS file Win98 crashes on boot with a CF card inserted into the PCMCIA slot. Any ides? Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL
RE: [LIB] CF Card Libretto
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:46:08 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] CF Card Libretto Tony, I have a L100CT that I have used for at least 2 years with a 1 Gig IBM micro drive and W98SE. This is a CF size drive with a PCMCIA adapter. It has never done this in my Libretto, but it would crash my desk machine running Win98SE on boot (I have a PCMCIA drive in my desktop). I have since gone to W2000 on the L100CT, so I can no longer check it. But the IBM drive does not crash in the L100CT with W2000 either. I also have a 15M CF card that I have used exactly like you do, and I cannot remember it ever crashing the L100CT, but I can't say for sure I booted with it in the L100CT. I also have a Sony MS adapter and multiple size MS flash cards that have been used in the L100CT without ever crashing it. Again, I believe I booted up while I had W98SE installed, but I can't be certain. I get no error message on my desk machine when it fails to boot, it just sits there with a black screen until I pull the flash card and reboot. It would be interesting to know what the problem is. Dick Sullivan Question: If I leave the CF in the Libretto and re-boot Windows 98, Windows 98SE crashes. I remove the CF card, reboot and all is fine. Once Windows is booted I can insert the CF card and Win98 sees it just fine. I've tried it with CF cards that are 64mb, 128mm, 512mb, and 1 gb. Same problem. Windows 98 won't boot with the CF card in place. The message I get is that there is a problem with the STACKS and to increase it. No mater what I do with the STACKS command in the CONFIG.SYS file Win98 crashes on boot with a CF card inserted into the PCMCIA slot. Any ides? Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL
RE: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:49:49 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT Tony, did you use the procedure outlined in the archives of this bulletin board? I have those procedures and was contemplating doing the procedure, but never got around to it. What was involved when you had to slow it down? Any problems / suggestions after your experience? Thanks, Dick Sullivan -Original Message- From: Tony Oresteen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:06 PM To: Libretto Subject: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:59:09 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Overclocking 100CT FWIW a couple of weeks ago I overclocked my Libretto 100CT to 266 MHZ. It worked fine without any external devices. When I tried copying a complete cd-rom, the 100CT would crash I noticed that it was very hot. The CD-ROM PCMCIA card was also extremley hot. Sometine the 100CT would not boot until it cooled down for awhile. I decided to slow the 100CT down a bit and set the speed to 233 MHZ on Tuesday. Since then I've coppied a lot of cd-roms and the unit is stable with the CD-ROM attached. The PCMCIA card doesn't seem to be as hot (it is warm thought!). It has 64MB RAM. Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL
Re: [LIB] CF Card Libretto
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:11:03 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CF Card Libretto Tony Oresteen wrote: Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:20:01 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CF Card Libretto A tip a question. Tip: I've been using a Compact Flash card to move data from my desktop to my Libretto. I use a CF to PCMCIA adapter in the Libretto 100CT and a CF USB reader on my desktop. For $75 I bought a new SanDisk 1 GB CF card from BH Photo NY. You can copy an entire cd-rom to the CF card and then copy it to the HD in the LIBRETTO without needing to haul an external CD-ROM drive. Use a USB 2.0 CF reader if you can (My home readed is USB 2.0, my work readed is USB 1.1. Big difference!!!) Question: If I leave the CF in the Libretto and re-boot Windows 98, Windows 98SE crashes. I remove the CF card, reboot and all is fine. Once Windows is booted I can insert the CF card and Win98 sees it just fine. I've tried it with CF cards that are 64mb, 128mm, 512mb, and 1 gb. Same problem. Windows 98 won't boot with the CF card in place. The message I get is that there is a problem with the STACKS and to increase it. No mater what I do with the STACKS command in the CONFIG.SYS file Win98 crashes on boot with a CF card inserted into the PCMCIA slot. Any ides? Tried it here on a L110 with a 96 MB CF card I use for my digicams. Win98 boots fine However, this CF card is formatted FAT16 (only newer digicams format or even support CF cards formatted FAT32). Perhaps FAT32 makes a difference? Re suggestions: I can't imagine it is due to STACKS. In fact, my CONFIG.SYS contains only DEVICE=PANNING.SYS FILES=80 and AUTOEXEC.BAT contains: SET TEMP=C:\TEMP SET TMP=C:\TEMP + some environment strings for OpenWatcom. Those are really all the working statements. What's the BIOS setting for the PCMCIA/Cardbus slots? Here it set to Auto. Philip NB: I'll unsubscribe from this list for a few weeks due to a stay abroad w/o email (the mail space on my ISP's POP server will rapidly fill up with spam anyway...)
Re: [LIB] CF Card Libretto
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:11:48 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CF Card Libretto Dick, Strange things are going on. I've rebooted 3 times now and Windows 98 starts just fine. I didn't do anything. It just started booting OK. I'm at a loss now. Let's see what happens tomorrow. Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:46 PM Subject: RE: [LIB] CF Card Libretto Dick wrote: It would be interesting to know what the problem is. Dick Sullivan
[LIB] CD-ROM Emulator?
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:17:51 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CD-ROM Emulator? I've been trying to get Paragon's CD-Emulator 3.0 to work with my Libretto 100CT Win98. Without a CD-ROM drive attached PARAGON's TRAY.EXE crashes. With the CR-ROM attached all is well. I've contacted Paragon and they told me it is a known bug but if I would create the 1st CD image it should work fine after that. Well, it doesn't. It still crashes. What good is a CD-ROM emulator if it only works when you have a real CD-ROM drive attached? Anyone using Paragon's CD-ROM Emulator with a 100CT Win98? Anyone know of a CD-ROM emulator that will work with a Libretto 100CT Win98 in 64MB RAM? With my 40 gig HD I have plenty of room for CD-ROM images; I just need some software that works! Thanks! Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL
Re: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:34:48 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT Dick, I used Xin's procedure here: http://www.fixup.net/tips/l100266.htm It took me about 33 minutes to overclock from 166 to 266. Going from 266 to 233 took about 50 minutes. I used a Radio Shack 15 watt soldering iron and a magnifying glass. To drop the speed to 233 I had to remove solder from the board. I used Radio Shack solder braid (solder wick) to undo one jumper I had soldered, and one that was factory soldered. It is a PAIN to get the motherboard area. Getting the back off was simple enough. Getting the PCMCIA unit off the motherboard required that you disconnect the LCD screen and rotate the MB so you can get at the last 2 screws holding the PCMCIA unit on the mother board. I accidentally knocked my 32mb RAM card out of it's socket so I had to remove the keyboard to get at the memory slot. That's why it took me longer to down speed as I had never replaced the memory in a 100CT so I had to figure it out. My advice is to overclock to 233 MHz. Take your time and you should be ok. If you have never soldered before get someone else to do it for you. Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: RE: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:49:49 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT Tony, did you use the procedure outlined in the archives of this bulletin board? I have those procedures and was contemplating doing the procedure, but never got around to it. What was involved when you had to slow it down? Any problems / suggestions after your experience? Thanks, Dick Sullivan
RE: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:20:38 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT Tony, this was exactly what I needed, thanks. Yes, I have soldered before, so that is not a problem. It almost looks like you could put in a mini 3 position dip switch and then just change the settings if it gets too hot. This assumes those are not resistors in Xin's photos. From Xin's pictures, it appears the switches would be set as follows (reading from left to right): 266 MHz - OPEN CLOSE CLOSE 233 MHz - CLOSE OPEN OPEN 200 MHz - CLOSE OPEN CLOSE 166 MHz - OPEN CLOSE OPEN There was some discussion on adding wires to connect the USB from the motherboard and bring the wires out to a USB connector (see post on 1/14/05 from Phil Nienhuis Subject: Re: USB [Was: Re: [LIB] slow]). Some modification to tell the motherboard the EPR was connected would also have to be made for this to work, but this would be a welcome addition to the Libby. David Chien had described his addition of the mouse pins on the side of his Libby, using the hole for the reset button to bring the wires out. Using this technique and the miniature USB connector, I could envision a small USB port on the side of the Libby. Attach a dongle to convert it to a standard USB connector and we are set. Looking at the hardware manual, pin 68 of the docking connector is used to detect the docking station, pins 91 - 94 are the USB port. At this point, what I really need is a schematic so I can see what voltage level to put on pin 68 and which pin (91 or 92) is the plus supply and which is the minus. Also, whether any buffer chips are needed. Anyone have a link to the L100CT schematic? What about a schematic of the docking station? Dick Sullivan I used Xin's procedure here: http://www.fixup.net/tips/l100266.htm It took me about 33 minutes to overclock from 166 to 266. Going from 266 to 233 took about 50 minutes.
Re: [LIB] CD-ROM Emulator?
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:32:38 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD-ROM Emulator? I've been using Daemon-Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php) for several years on Win98 on my Lib 110 and Win98/Win2k on other machines. Free for personal use. Mounts standard .iso images (and various others like .ccd CloneCD and .nrg Nero). Jim == Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:17:51 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CD-ROM Emulator? I've been trying to get Paragon's CD-Emulator 3.0 to work with my Libretto 100CT Win98. Without a CD-ROM drive attached PARAGON's TRAY.EXE crashes. With the CR-ROM attached all is well. I've contacted Paragon and they told me it is a known bug but if I would create the 1st CD image it should work fine after that. Well, it doesn't. It still crashes. What good is a CD-ROM emulator if it only works when you have a real CD-ROM drive attached? Anyone using Paragon's CD-ROM Emulator with a 100CT Win98? Anyone know of a CD-ROM emulator that will work with a Libretto 100CT Win98 in 64MB RAM? With my 40 gig HD I have plenty of room for CD-ROM images; I just need some software that works! Thanks! Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL == __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:53:02 -0500 From: Anthony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Overclocking 100CT The description of the switches is correct. Mine has been set to 166, 233, and 266. I never tried 200. I don't have a schematic, sorry. A DIP switch sounds interesting. Space is very tight so I don't know where you would put it. I'm thinking about running the mouse port out the side as well. Tony Oresteen KG4SPA 407-469-2818 home 407-256-4215 cell Montverde, FL - Original Message - 266 MHz - OPEN CLOSE CLOSE 233 MHz - CLOSE OPEN OPEN 200 MHz - CLOSE OPEN CLOSE 166 MHz - OPEN CLOSE OPEN
Re: [LIB] Max HDD on Libretto 50m ?
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:01:13 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Max HDD on Libretto 50m ? Hi David, Thanks for the tips and tricks, EZ-Drive must be downloadable somewhere.. will look for it and try it.. Partitioning is the trickiest part I believe.. Thanks and Regards 2 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:12:12 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Max HDD on Libretto 50m ? Since you have the touch screen L50M, I don't believe they have anything but Windows 95/98 drivers available. In any case, with Windows 95/98/DOS, you will need to run EZ-Drive or a similar drive manager program (safe, works). Assuming it has the same hibernation problem with 8GB HDs as the other Librettos (L20-L110), then you'll need to create one primary, active bootable OS partition from the beginning of the HD up to just before the 8GB boundary (where the Libretto typically saves its hibernation data). You will leave a ---deleted---
[LIB] memory upgrade
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:19:58 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: memory upgrade Hi, I have a libretto 100ct. how can I upgrade its RAM from 32 to 64? thanks marcelo
Re: [LIB] memory upgrade
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:26:48 +1100 From: Des [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] memory upgrade You can get a 32mb upgrade card to increase your Libretto ram to 64MB cheapest place to pickup one of these cards would be ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=31572item=6740950730rd=1ssPageName=WDVW http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=31572item=6740191223rd=1ssPageName=WDVW fairly easy upgrade to do, remove the little bit of plastic at the top of the keyboard, unscrew a few screws and its a 10 minute job. Regards Des - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 12:22 PM Subject: [LIB] memory upgrade Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:19:58 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: memory upgrade Hi, I have a libretto 100ct. how can I upgrade its RAM from 32 to 64? thanks marcelo
Re: [LIB] CD-ROM Emulator?
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 23:20:46 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD-ROM Emulator? Maybe all of these problems are related to the overclocked system? Seems funny that the CF wouldn't work, the copying of a large number of files would fail, and the CD-ROM emulator not working (you can try Daemon Tools Free instead, too). --- Id start off with a full memory check of the Libretto (Microsoft has one for free), then do a complete HD check (find the maker of your HD, they'll have tools). I wouldn't be suprised if one or the other doesn't like life after being overclocked. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
