IBM ThinkPad                                         December 19, 2000
ThinkPad Windows 2000 Audio Features V Patch Program
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Notice:
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This program is language independent and can be used with any language
system.

What This Program Does
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This Audio Features patch program fixes the following error on your 
system:

* STOP : 0x0000001E ( 0xC0000005,0x8043E977,0x00000000,0x0000002C)
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

* Address 8043E977 base at 80400000, dateStamp 384d9b17 - ntoskrnl.exe

 The ThinkPad system may hang with this message or reboot immediately 
 after displaying this error if "Automatically Reboot at System 
 Failure" setting is checked in System Properties, Advanced, Startup 
 and Recovery.

This release supports the following systems: 

 - ThinkPad i-series 1200/1300    *1 *2
 - ThinkPad A21e                  *1

  *1 System memory size is 128MB or more.
     This problem does not occur with 64MB system memory
  *2 Version of Audio Driver is 5.12.01.4028.
     This problem does not occur with 5.12.01.4025.

Installation Instructions   
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NOTE: Reduce your system memory to 64MB before applying this patch.
Otherwise this System failure may occur during update.

  1. Start Windows 2000 and logon with the administrator privilege.
  2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive.
  3. Click Start, then click Run.
  4. Type c:\xxxxxxx\setup.cmd in the Open box and click the OK 
     button.  (Note: c:\xxxxxxx\ is the path which this package is 
     extracted in.)
  5. This program will display status dialogs.
  6. Restart the system after finishing this program.

Determining which version is installed
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 1. Start Windows 2000.
 2. Click Start, select Settings, then click Control Panel.
 3. Double-click the System icon.
 4. Click the Hardware tab at the top of the System Properties window.
 5. Click the Device Manager button.
 6. Expand the Sound, video and game controller section.
 7. Select Crystal WDM Audio Codec.
 8. Right-click Crystal WDM Audio Codec and select Properties.
 9. Click the Driver tab.
10. Then it will show the version number.

Trademarks
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IBM and ThinkPad are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Other company, product, and service names may be registered
trademarks, trademarks or service marks of others.