[work] [ltp] thinkpad Mandrake 9.0 sound fix, region free DVD & PII 400 upgrade

[Norman Levin]

Good details.  Makes me wonder if I can upgrade my TP 385ED with a faster processor.
My model has 166MH but (IBM did sell a 233MH version.

Norman Levin   
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <brianweber4@attbi.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:05 PM
Subject: [work] [ltp] thinkpad Mandrake 9.0 sound fix, region free DVD & PII 400 upgrade


| 
| I was also able to get Region Free DVD working on
| an IBM Thinkpad 380Z usitg OGLE DVD Player in Mandrake
| linux 9.0!
|  
| OGLE DVD Player download:
|  
| http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
|  
| This Thinkpad does not come with a DVD drive from
| IBM, but it accepted a Toshiba 4X DVD SD-C-2202. I bought it cheap on ebay for 
| around $37.00.
|  
| IBM does not list a 380Z DVD drive option, but it works
| none the less.
|  
| I also upgrade the Pentium II 233 processor to a PII 400.
| Processor. This upgrade is also not an option with the
| Thinkpad 380Z per IBM, but also works fine!
| 
| Here is an ebay posting for a similar Thinkpad usable processor:
| 
| http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2079749147
| 
| I was able to flash the Toshiba SD-C-2202 DVD drive with Region
| Free firmware and with OGLE can watch all DVDs from all
| world regions!!
|  
| Region Free Firmware:
|  
| http://forum.firmware-flash.com/dl_firmware.php?category=2&manufactor=31
|  
| I used firmware version 1021. !!BE SURE TO CHECK THE
| STICKER ON YOUR DVD DRIVE  OR WINDOWS DEVICE MANAGER FOR
| THE CORRECT ROM VERSION!!
|  
| How I set up sound:
| 
| The CS4237B sound chip works well also using the setup below:
|  
| 1) Disable Plug N Play function in Thinkpad BIOS by
| shutting off quick boot option.
|  
| 2) Run sndconfig in superuser terminal using these
| CS423X values:
|  
| io=530, irq= 5, dma=1, dma2=3, mpu io=330, mpu irq=9.
|  
| 3) Log on as root, in file:/etc/pcmcia/config.opts edit
| as a comment by placing # in frount of line:
|  
| include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
|  
| 4) In KDE control panel, set sound server to start at
| boot, using autodetect settings.
|  
| 5) use Kmix to set & save volumes.
|  
| So there you have it, sound & Region Free DVD in Mandrake
| 9.0 on an IBM PII 400 Thinkpad 380Z!! It even runs speedy!!
| 
| 
| 
| > A few weeks back, I posted to the group a query about sound problems on
| > my 770 tp. It seems that the sound worked fine, but I needed to do a
| > "sndconfig" each and every time I booted up.
| > 
| > Well, I found something in the group archives to the effect that the CS4232
| > chipset had to be initialized *twice* for it to work. Maybe a hardware bug
| > there. Anyhow, the fix is simple enough.
| > 
| > Just add the following lines to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local
| > 
| > # Reinitialize sound card.
| > rmmod cs4232
| > modprobe cs4232
| > 
| > 
| > 
| > Mendel
| > 
| > -- 
| > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
| > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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