From: Allan (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Dec 04 1999 - 11:36:08 EST
Thanks to those who responded.
The power to the entire house went out,
including the Dock II.
The TP rebooted to the desktop, then
froze tight, complaining about the Dock
as stated before.
Finally, being an ignorant but old hand at
Windose95 tomfoolery, I forced 'dose to let cntrl/alt/del
kill off the top dialogue box.
(They used to call us Hackers but that is a dirty
word nowadays.)
The underlying dialogue box then could
be read. It said to discharge and recharge
the battery. The battery was already at
0% but I discharged/recharged.
After sitting in a coma for a long time, it
suddenly decided to recharge and is
now at 100%.
I think this is the Li type battery.
I think I am going to call Georgia Power
and ask if my TP components are
covered against their negligence.
Allan Ballard
-TP760CD
-TP760XL
- WARP FOREVER
On Sat, 04 Dec 1999 08:53:24 -0800, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>Are you saying that the external power (Dock 2) went out?
>You would need to remove the 760 from the Dock and re-boot, it does not
>know if it is docked or undocked because it was not shut down properly.
>If you had a bad battery, it can clank the system when you discharge. I
>have seen this before, it is possible your battery is at the end of
>its life.
>
>Allan wrote:
>>
>> Hello out there,
>>
>> I have a situation new to me.
>>
>> The TP760XL said to discharge/recharge the battery.
>>
>> I put that operation in gear.
>>
>> It discharged down to zero and was in process of
>> starting the recharge when the power went out.
>>
>> Now, Windows 95 (B version) is hung.
>>
>> The desktop is back, but it has three
>> dialogue boxes stacked on top of
>> each other.
>>
>> The one on top says:
>>
>> "Please wait until Windows finalizes your
>> computer settings."
>>
>> It has been stuck there for about 20 minutes.
>>
>> What has happened?
>>
>> Is the OS totally hosed?
>>
>> Is the battery totally hosed?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any informatino
>> you may provide.
>>
>> Allan Ballard
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