From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Sep 25 1998 - 13:12:44 EDT
Bruce..
his memory configueration is not mentioned.. the 760ED bug was due to TWO
DIMM's installed.. it was cureable by removing ONE of the DIMM's...
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> The 760ED had a VERY similar problem! It was traced to a faulty DIMM
> carrier - I had mone replaced under warranty. This is probably some sort of
> memory issue - contact EZ Serve and INSIST on an answer.
>
> ----------
> > From: Ken <kenzo_at_free-music.com>
> > To: Thinkpad <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Subject: [TP770ED] Win95 screen resets to 640x480 after some crashes
> > Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 9:40 PM
> >
> > Not infrequently, my 770ed crashes while booting Windows 95, usually soon
> > after the Windows 95 wallpaper is displayed, but before anything else
> gets
> > to happen. I get a blue screen, with an exception in "PIC(1) VXD" or
> > something like that. Ctrl-Alt-Del brings up the task list (which is
> mostly
> > empty), and I can Shut Down. If I then turn the computer on again, it
> > always works.
> >
> > I realize there are many possible problems, including software I'm
> running.
> > (One theory I have involves whether I have the screen closed during
> > bootup. It seems not to crash when I have the screen opened the whole
> > time, but I haven't proven this yet.)
> >
> > Anyway, one of the horrible side effects of this, and many other crashes,
> > is that my screen resolution resets from 1024x768 to 640x480, causing all
> > my desktop icons to get mushed together.
> >
> > 1) Does anyone know what might be causing this crash?
> > 2) Does anyone know a straightforward way to keep the display from
> changing
> > resolution? Like, somewhere at bootup, before the GUI loads, to be able
> to
> > force the appropriate registry key (as far as I can see, it's
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config\0001\Display\Settings\Resolution that changes
> on
> > my system) to "1024,768" automatically, so that when these crashes
> happen,
> > I still boot in the right resolution?
> >
> > Thanks for any help. I hope this turns out to be on-topic for Thinkpads.
> >
> > Ken
> > - kenzo_at_free-music.com
> > - - http://free-music.com/ken
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