The resource for notebooks with SIS630 / SIS630S / SIS630ST chipset
Let me introduce to You, my name is Rolf Hemmerling. I am
Your personal guide to the world of notebooks ! I own a Clevo2700c notebook, equipped with a SIS630S chipset.
A note about Clevo. I was told, that there was a sort of
discontinuity in 1999 or so. The old company Clevo was closed
down, but the name was assigned to a new company which
continued business. Must be very easy in Taiwan...
The 2700c / 2200c models have a non-mobile
CPU, SIS630S chipset, S-Video ("TV") output and are
equipped with a standard PCI 1394 firewire interface.
They have no serial RS-232 interface ( "COM1" ).
Service manual ( 1, 2 ), drivers.
The 2700s / 2200s models have a mobile CPU,
SIS630S chipset and a serial RS-232 interface ( "COM1" ).
They have no S-Video ("TV") output and are
not equipped with a standard PCI 1394 firewire
interface. Service manual, drivers.
The 2700t / 2200t models are like the 2700c
/ 2200c models, but are equipped with a SIS630ST
chipset. Service manual, drivers.
2700 models differ from 2200 modells by
the case color ! Tell me if you learn about other
differences !!
NotebooksOnly - additional technical
notes for the Clevo 2200 notebook family ( here: brand name
"2273" ).
It was a premature budget decision to buy this notebook.
With a little more money, I might have bought a notebook of
DELL - with a longer guarantee / warrenty period,
better support, a bigger display, better technical data and
better performance when running LINUX. How about you ?
Local brand names of Clevo notebooks. Please tell me if
your Clevo 2700c / 2200c, 2700s / 2200s , 2700t / 2200t
notbook is sold with different brand name in your
country: TABLE:Local brand names of Clevo notebooks with
SIS630S / SIS630ST chipset, with
links to Linux user reports !
Other computers with SIS630,
SIS630S or SIS630ST chipset, but no clones of the Clevo
models ( i.e. no 100% hardware compatibility ). Please tell
me if you own or know about other notebooks (N), desktop PCs
(D) or motherboards (M) with SIS630,
SIS630S or SIS630ST chipset or if you know the original
brand names of the modells mentioned here: TABLE:Computers with SIS630, SIS630S or SIS630ST
chipset, with links to Linux user
reports !
Mobility rating: The accumulator of my notebook is
sufficient for playing a DVD video for 90 minutes on the
internal TFT display. Mobility Extension: Get an ordinary
extra notebooks-specific accumulator or get external
accumlators
SIS integrated a Chrontel CH7005 compatible hardware into the
SIS630 chipset ( see "Display / Configuration" of Win98SE, if
the S-Video output is activated by attaching a TV set to the
notebook ).
The Video Live tools support the Chrontel 7005
chipset !
With SVID, a S-Video > FBAS converter, my notebook
can be connected to RGB monitors, TV sets and video recorders
without S-Video input.
With Henrik Haftmann -
"S-VHS-zu-FBAS-Konverter (ganz einfach!?)".
With IRAssistant, you may control your notebook by an
infrared remote control.
A "line to microphone" ( 1, 2 ) converter may adapt an audio signal
with line-in level, like that of TV adapters with USB
interface, to microphone input level. Note that many
notebooks don't have a line-in input, but just a microphone
input !
Linux-Howto for notebooks with
SIS630 / SIS630S / SIS630ST
chipset
Windows on notebooks, with focus on notebooks with SIS630 / SIS630S /
SIS630ST chipset
Win98SE works fine and stable on my notebook. The driver CD
claims complete to provide W2K support, too ( untested ).
Installation note: The file sis630.cat is located
on the driver CD at
Z:\video\win2000\win2000\sis630.cat but not at
Z:\video\win9x\ and not at
Z:\video\win9x\german\.
Installation advice: Please copy the LAN and AUDIO driver
directory from the driver CD onto the harddisk, so that
"concurrent" access both to the driver files and the original
WIN98 CD is possible - else you risk a failure of the
installation process.
Installation advice by André Ballentin: Please
install the sound card prior to the modem !
For my notebook with SiS630S chipset, the utility
SISIDE.EXE of the archive W2kdma.exe, available
at SiS, helps changing the SiS IDE
controller running in PIO mode to run in DMA mode under
Win95/98 and W2K.
German vendors for notebook memory: Speichermarkt ( 1, 2
), BenCom
I was especially looking for an "USB2Serial RS232"
converters. Here are some german vendors for notebook
accessories and USB devices: BenCom, Conrad, SMM ( several "USB2Serial" products ), Holme, Madex,
RFI
Magic Control Technology U232-P9 - an
"USB2Serial" converter, with drivers for WIN95/98, W2K and Linux. A german vendor: Bit Konzept GmbH,
Schimperstr.41, D68167 Mannheim, Germany. Tel.+49
(0)621-3361265, Fax +49 (0)621-3361269.
german WEB site
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