BUG: Fast Infrared Not Functioning on Mitsubishi Pedion Notebook

ID: Q198578

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

Mitsubishi Pedion portable computers cannot perform fast infrared (4 megabits per second) file transfers.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of an error in the BIOS of Mitsubishi Pedion portable computers in which the fast infrared driver is not properly enabled with Plug and Play.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, you can manually change the infrared driver to "NSC-PC87338" in Control Panel to enable fast infrared functionality.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 2000.

Additional query words:

Keywords : ntstart
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug