Video driver for OS/2 - ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23

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I. Summary of changes
II. Installation instructions
III. Determining which version is installed

Version 7.00.37

• (Fix) System freezes when selecting several large fonts in WIN-OS2.

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

1. Restart your computer.
2. As soon as a white square or rectangle appears in the top left corner, simultaneously press Alt and F1 keys.
3. Please read through the following two options:
   • Press V key for VGA if using OS/2 Warp V3.0
   • Press F3 key for VGA if using OS/2 Warp V4.0
4. Shutdown the system.

1. Restart your computer.
2. As soon as a white square or rectangle appears in the top left corner, simultaneously press Alt and F1 keys.
3. Press F2 key for Go to Command Line.
4. At the command line type, SETVGA. Then press the Enter key.
5. Shutdown the system.

1. Run the executable to create the driver diskette.
2. Insert the video driver diskette into drive A:
   Note: S3 DRV1 must be the volume label of this diskette. To verify the label, type Label A:.
3. Open an OS/2 window session.
4. At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following command to copy all necessary files to the OS/2 drive: A:SETUP where A: is the diskette drive. Then press the Enter key. Setup will then identify your chipset. When prompted to do so, press the Enter key to
   continue.
   Due to the limitations with a single pass installation. A dialog box may come up during installation with the message, "The installed adapter does not support the selected display driver. Do you wish to continue?" Continue the installation by selecting the Yes button.
   
5. When the Monitor Configuration/Selection utility window appears, the Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type choice is preselected. Select OK.
   Notes:
6. • Do not select Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program using this method of setting refresh rate is no longer supported.
   • DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file. If the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file has not been created, the adapter will not be support. This process can take several seconds and will blackout the screen.
7. After setup has completed its work, you must shutdown and then reboot your computer.
8. When the system has restarted:
9. 1. Open the OS/2 System folder.
   2. Open the System Setup folder.
   3. Open the System object.
   4. When the Settings notebook appears, select the Screen tab. If your monitor has been detected as Plug and-Play (DDC) compatible, go to step 9.
10. On Screen page 2, select your display from the display list. If your display does not appear in the list, select Default. It might be necessary to restart your computer to have all refresh rate options available.
11. When the system has restarted:
    1. Open the System object and select Screen page 1, as in step 7.
    2. Select a screen resolution and a screen refresh rate.
    3. Close the Settings notebook.
    4. Perform a shutdown and restart your computer.

Notes:

• If the selected vertical refresh rate is not supported by your monitor, delete \OS2\VIDEO.CFG file and reboot. This will set the refresh rate to the default value. A new refresh rate can now be selected using the procedure described above.
• During the installation of this driver, DISPLAY.LOG and DSPINSTL.LOG files are created in the OS/2\INSTALL directory. These files identify the OS/2 system files that were updated and indicate whether the installation was successful. The contents of these files might be useful if you need to report an installation problem to the Support Center.
• If the video memory size is changed after the device driver is installed, the device driver must be reinstalled in order for the system to recognize the change. Not reinstalling the driver might result in serious system problems.
• When starting a WIN-OS/2 session it is recommended that the user launch the session via one of the WINOS/2 icons located in the Command Prompts folder within the OS/2 System icon.

The date of the files listed in the following tables will indicate the version you have installed on your machine: