Ultraslimbay Device Swapping With Thinkpad Models 600, 600E, & 600X; Ultraslimbay Device Swapping With Thinkpad 570 And 570E - Lenovo ThinkPad 380E Setup Manual

ThinkPad models can also support an external diskette drive, the drive letter for the
external diskette will always be assigned A.
"Surprise" removal of a device installed in the UltraBay II slot is not supported under
Windows 2000. This means, you should not swap out a device while the computer is
in Standby or Hibernation mode without first properly stopping the device through
the operating system. Also, if you do not allow Windows 2000 to properly stop the
device in the UltraBay II slot while the system is running or before the system enters
Standby or Hibernation, this is a surprise removal. If this occurs, the computer will
respond unpredictably.
UltraslimBay device swapping with ThinkPad models 600, 600E, & 600X:
Swapping the UltraslimBay device under Windows 2000 is enabled only while the
computer is in Standby mode. In order to remove or insert a device designed for the
UltraslimBay, you must stop the device by clicking the "Unplug or Eject Hardware"
icon in the desktop TaskBar. By doing this, the operating system can properly stop
the device and unload the necessary drivers before placing the computer into Standby
mode. When the system enters Standby, you can then physically remove the device
and insert another device, if desired.
The characteristics and limitations for the UltraslimBay slot are the same as for
UltraBay II slot located on the ACPI-supported ThinkPad model 770 Series.
Ultraslim Bay device swapping with ThinkPad 570 and 570E:
On ThinkPad models 570 and 570E, the UltraslimBay slot is located in the UltraBase
unit. To swap a device from the UltraslimBay under Windows 2000, you must first
physically undock the UltraBase from the system -unit. This is due to the mechanical
design of the system. To undock the computer from the UltraBase, click the "Eject
PC" option located in the Start menu or press the eject-request button located on the
front side of the UltraBase unit. After the system-unit has been successfully
undocked from the UltraBase by the operating system, physically undock the system-
unit from the UltraBase, and then swap in or out a device from the UltraslimBay slot.
After the device has been swapped, re-dock the system-unit again so that the
operating system can configure and install the drivers for the newly added device.
With the ThinkPad 570 Series models, Windows 2000 assumes a diskette drive is
present regardless of whether one is physical attached or not. The drive letter A is
fixed and assigned to this diskette drive device. If the floppy diskette device is not
physically attached on the computer while Windows 2000 is running, the drive letter
A will still be present in Explorer. This is a design limitation on this system.
A secondary battery pack located in the UltraBase unit can be hot-swapped at any
time. For a secondary battery, Windows 2000 does not provide a mechanism to eject
or insert this device. In order to swap in or out a secondary battery, simply hot or
warm undock the UtraBase unit from the system-unit (as you would for a device
located in the UltraslimBay), then insert or remove the secondary battery pack from
the diskette-drive/battery slot. After the secondary battery has been inserted, re-dock
the system-unit to the UltraBase and allow the operating system to configure and
install the necessary device drivers.