General Technical Information; Docking Station/Port Replicator Support For Supported Thinkpad Models - Lenovo ThinkPad i Series 1200 Installation Manual

General Technical Information

The purpose of this section is to provide the user with some more in-depth technical information
on how to use Windows Me on specific IBM ThinkPad computer environments.
Docking Station/Port Replicator support for supported ThinkPad
models
There are following three types of docking and undocking scenarios.
Hot docking and undocking
Under Windows Me, hot docking and undocking enables you to physically attach or
detach your computer from a docking station or port replicator while the system is
"running". If your ThinkPad model supports hot docking and undocking, it will also
support warm docking and undocking.
Warm docking and undocking
Under Windows Me, warm docking and undocking enables you to physically attach and
detach your computer from a docking station or port replicator while in Standby mode.
To dock or undock the computer to a docking station or port replicator, the system itself
must to be in Standby mode. Once in Standby mode, the computer can then either be
docked or undocked.
When the system-unit is docked and in Standby mode, the user can initiate warm
undocking by pressing the hardware eject or turning a hardware switch. Windows Me
will wake the system from Standby and then "eject" the computer. After the operating
system has "ejected" the computer, your can physically undock the system from the
docking station or port replicator.
Cold docking and undocking
Under Windows Me, cold docking and undocking enables you to physically attach or
detach the computer from a docking station or port replicator while the computer is
turned off. When the system is off, the user can attach and detach the system-unit as well
as add-on devices to and from the docking station or port replicator.
*********IMPORTANT NOTICE****************************
It is highly recommend to cold dock the system prior to hot docking and warm docking. If cold
docking is not done prior to hot docking and warm docking, you will encounter unpredictable
problems.
The following table lists the supported ThinkPad models and the docking and undocking methods
each supports with various IBM docking stations and port replicators.
ThinkPad 600,
600E, 600X,
SelectaDock- Hot docking and
II/III
ThinkPad 390,
390E, 390X
undocking
ThinkPad
570, 570E
- -
ThinkPad
T20, A20m,
A20p, X20
-