• (Fix) Improve battery current protection logic.

Click here for a complete list of changes fixed by this driver update.

• You need an AC adapter and a charged battery pack to update the embedded controller program.
• If your computer is attached to any kind of docking station or port replicator, turn off the computer and detach it before proceeding.
  
• Before using the Embedded Controller Program Update Utility with Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, IBM recommends that you apply the Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Supplement from the Microsoft Web Site Knowledge Base Article ID Q239887.
  Print these instructions or display on another computer.

1. Print these instructions or display on another computer.
2. Firmly connect the AC adapter to the computer.
3. Start Windows 95/98/Me or start Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP and log on with the user ID authorized as an administrator on the target computer.
4. Make the temporary directory on the hard disk drive (for instance, C:\Temp)
5. Download the Embedded Controller Program Update Utility from the web site and store the file into the temporary directory.
6. Click Start, then click Run.
7. In the Open dialogue box, specify the utility filename with the full path name where you stored Embedded Controller Program Update Utility. (E.g. C:\Temp\1EHJ08US.exe). Then click OK.
8. Follow the instructions. When completed, the system is automatically turned off.
   
   Attention: Do not turn off or suspend the computer until the update has been completed. If you turn off or suspend the computer while the update is still in progress, the system board may have to be replaced.
   
   After the update has been completed, do the following to make the changes effective.
9. Make sure there is no diskette in the diskette drive, then turn on the computer.
10. While the Press F1 for IBM BIOS Setup Utility message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key. The IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
11. Verify the Embedded Controller version.

• Each version of the Embedded Controller Program Update Utility contains the following embedded controller program.
• The version of embedded controller program can be viewed by running ThinkPad Configurator from your operating system and selecting the System Information button and the BIOS information tab, or
• The version of embedded controller program can be viewed by invoking IBM BIOS Setup Utility. To enter the IBM BIOS Setup Utility:
  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Make sure there is no diskette is inserted in the diskette drive, then turn on the computer.
  3. While the Press F1 for IBM BIOS Setup Utility message is displayed at the lower-left area of the screen, press the F1 key. The IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu will be displayed. If a password prompt appears, type the correct password.
  4. The embedded controller version is displayed on the first screen of the IBM BIOS Setup Utility.
     
     

IV. Known Limitations
To execute this package on Windows 95, the following modules are required:

• MSVCRT.DLL
• MFC42.DLL