Description of IBM Thinkpad i 1500

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Exact modelname

• IBM Thinkpad i1500 2651-569
• Manufacturer's description can be found at : Http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/me.nsf/d1cd5924e7a2cfda8525668d006a1781/c5654d22aa937962852568c9001766e8?OpenDocument http://www5.pc.ibm.com/de/products.nsf/wwwthinkpads/DE23B1392A72997E8025691A00786B7C (in German)

Processor, Memory, Bus

• Processor

  processor       : 0
  vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
  cpu family      : 6
  model           : 8
  model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
  stepping        : 1
  cpu MHz         : 498.970
  cache size      : 256 KB
  fdiv_bug        : no
  hlt_bug         : no
  sep_bug         : no
  f00f_bug        : no
  coma_bug        : no
  fpu             : yes
  fpu_exception   : yes
  cpuid level     : 3
  wp              : yes
  flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 pn mmx fxsr x
  bogomips        : 996.15
  

• 256 kByte cache,
• 64 MByte basic memory equipment, optional upgrade to 256 MByte

Graphic chip, Display

• Graphic chipset: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x
• Display: XGA/SVGA 1024 x 768 / 800 x 600 / 1400 x 1050
• XServer: There are some problems using XFree 4.0 with KDM.

  XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
  

  From /root/ServerLog :

  XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
  ...
  (--) SVGA: PCI: ATI Mach64 Mobility rev 100, Memory @ 0x81000000, 0x80300000, I/O @ 0x8000
  (--) SVGA: chipset:  ati
  (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
  ...
  

• From lspci -v :

  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog
          Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1007
          Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
          Memory at 81000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
          I/O ports at 8000
          Memory at 80300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
          Expansion ROM at 80320000 [disabled]
          Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
  

• From SuperProbe :

  First video: Super-VGA
          Chipset: ATI Rage Mobility (Port Probed)
          Memory:  4096 Kbytes
          RAMDAC:  ATI Mach64 integrated 15/16/24/32-bit DAC w/clock
                   (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))
                   (programmable for 6/8-bit wide lookup tables)
          Attached graphics coprocessor:
                  Chipset: ATI Mach64
                  Memory:  4096 Kbytes
  

• Works with external monitor, or with both internal and external.

Pointing Device

• Trackpoint with 3 Buttons. Recognized and supported under Linux as a standard PS2
• Port for connection of an external PS/2 mouse available.

Sound

• Sound chip: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive
• lspci -v Output :

  00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive (rev 02)
          Subsystem: ESS Technology: Unknown device 8898
          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
          I/O ports at 7000
          I/O ports at 7080i
          I/O ports at 70c0
          I/O ports at 7400
          I/O ports at 7440
  

• Supported by ALSA Version 0.5.8. Alsa detect Soundchip as a ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive
  /usr/sbin/alsaconf generates the following entry in the /etc/modules.conf :

  alias char-major-116 snd
  options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
  alias snd-card-0 snd-card-es1938
  options snd-card-es1938 snd_index=0 snd_id=card1  
  alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
  alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
  alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
  alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
  alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
  alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
  

• Survives suspend/resume cycles.

PCMCIA

• Availalbe slots : 1 (2 slots supported by the PCMICIA controller but only one slot is usable, the other is blocked)
• PCMCIA controller: Texas Instruments 1410 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus
  From /var/log/messages:

  kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.17
  kernel:   kernel build: 2.2.16 #1 Wed Aug 2 20:03:33 GMT 2000
  kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
  kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfbdb0
  kernel:   00:09.0 -> irq 11
  kernel: Intel PCIC probe: 
  kernel:   TI 1410 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:09, mem 0x68000000
  kernel:     host opts [0]: [pci + serial irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 32/176] [bus 32/34]
  kernel:     ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10 PCI status changes
  

• probe -v and probe -m Output:

    PCI bridge probe: TI 1410 found, 2 sockets.
    i82365
  

• Survives suspend/resume cycles

IrDA

• findchip -v Output :

  Found NSC PC87338 Controller at 0x2e, DevID=0x0b, Rev. 2
      SIR Base 0x0, FIR Base 0x0
      IRQ = 0, DMA = -1
      Enabled: no, Suspended: no
      UART compatible: yes
      Half duplex delay = 0 us
  

• IrDA doesn't work. There is an buildin chip but no light-emitting diode.

External connection

• 1 USB connector. lspci -v Output:

  00:02.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
          I/O ports at 9000
  

Pointing Device

• Trackpoint with 3 Buttons. Recognized and supported under Linux as a standard PS2
• Port for connection of an external PS/2 mouse available.

APM

• The following APM Kernel configuration works :

      [*] Enable APM at boot time
      [*] Do CPU IDLE calls
      [*] Enable console blanking using APM
      [*] Ignore multiple suspend/resume cycles
      [*] RTC stores time in GMT
      [*] Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls
  

Builtin modem

• Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k
• lspci -v Output :

  00:06.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k (rev 01)
          Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp.: Unknown device 0440
          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
          Memory at 80100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
          I/O ports at 7480
          I/O ports at 7800
          Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2
  

• Modem is not supported by Kernel 2.2.16.

Other storage media

• Hard disk : IBM-DARA-212000, 11513MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1467/255/63
• CD-ROM : CRN-8241B, ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
• Floppycontroller : National Semiconductor PC87306
• Floppy : normal floppy
• Output of fdisk -l :

  Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1467 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
  

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Keywords: LAPTOP, NOTEBOOK, TECHNISCHE DATEN, TECHNICAL DATA, IBM, THINKPAD, I 1500, HW_DES


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