Paul A. Pennington wrote:
Donald said:
I am trying to turn my 57) into a netbook by using a Cf card and an
adapter like this one:
http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp
Problem is that the 570 does not 'see' the CF card as a drive at boot
time.
The BIOS in older ThinkPads will not recognize these adapters. I
have a similar CF card to IDE adapter, and it's recognized in my 380XD
(released May 1998) but not recognized in my 701C (released Mar
1995). The 570 was released about 1999, so it must be just over the
age limit.
My only suggestion would be to make sure you have updated the BIOS
to the most recent version.
My bios is still the original so I will give that a try.
The bios update instructions say that you need ac power -and- a charged
battery. What is the charged battery (which I don't have anymore) used
for? Will the update succeed without one?
Thanks again.
Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia
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