Re: APM ? Win98 & 701C

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From: Bill Bryan (billb_at_rust.net)
Date: Mon Sep 07 1998 - 12:02:56 EDT

At 11:28 PM 9/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:49:38 -0400
>>From: Bill Bryan <billb_at_rust.net>
>>To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
>>Subject: APM ? Win98 & 701C
>>Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980822124938.00819870_at_rust.net>
>>
>> I have an upgraded 701C to a 586 processor and 36Mb ram. Win98 loaded
>>fine but the unit doesn't seem to wake-up out of suspend mode if it's been
>>more than a few minutes. The screen lights up with a black background. I
>>also get the little blue and white clock face for a second. If I leave the
>>unit in this mode the win98 "Powering down in 15 seconds" message comes up.
>> If I cancel this message all is normal and the computer is ready to go.
>>If I turn off the Advanced Power Management, all's well also. I wanted the
>>new APM in Win98 for fully powering down the PCMCIA cards to save battery
>>power during suspend. Any thoughts?
>
>Getting to you belatedly on this...
>
>My 701C (stock 486 processor) does something fairly similar: if it's in
>suspend for a long time, when I open it up, I get a black screen with a
>blinking text-mode-style cursor and the clock face. It just stays there and
>doesn't give the "powering down in 15 seconds" message.
>
>With some tinkering, I found I could wake it up pretty much all the time if
>I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and then hit the Esc key a few times (maybe once is all
>it needs). Go figure...
>
>-Mike
>
>http://www.geary.com
>mailto:mg_at_mg.to
>ham:WJ6V
>
>

You are correct. I too have found strange combinations of keyboard strokes
that will wake it up from it's suspend mode. Funny how it has to be a long
sleep, more than 5 minutes.

I also found this FAQ at IBM about suspend and APM problems and Win 98.
Document is called "TP General - Considerations for Windows 98 across
ThinkPad systems" :

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/LWIK-3VTSRR.html
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