Re: [Thinkpad] T-30 stopped hibernating

There are settings in both the BIOS and the ThinkPad Utils to enable/disable
suspend/hibernate when the cover is closed. Check both settings.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Goldman" <David@dgoldman.com>
To: "Thinkpad mailing list" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T-30 stopped hibernating

> OK... This is getting more and more weird. Hibernation works perfectly if
> I press <Fn>+<F12> or if I press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> and select Hibernate
> or if I click on Start | Shut Down | Hibernate or if I set the power
> button to hibernate instead of turn the laptop off. In addition, using a
> wooden toothpick to depress the button inside the keyboard bezel also
> causes the system to hibernate.
>
> About the only thing that doesn't cause the system to hibernate properly
> is closing the lid. Now I have to wonder if the button inside the case is
> somehow associated with the keyboard and if it is possible for the
keyboard
> to have SHIFTED to one side or the other enough that the small dimple on
> the inside of the lid is now MISSING the button when fully closed. I did
> replace the keyboard on this T30 about 4-6 weeks prior to the start of
this
> problem but don't recall if the lid-closed button/sensor is on the
keyboard
> or if it is on the motherboard. Anybody?
>
> --
> David Goldman
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, James H. E. Maugham wrote:
>
> >David Goldman scribbled on Friday, October 27, 2006 6:20 AM:
> >
> >> Any suggestions? Is there a way I can test if the lid-closed
> >> sensor is working or not? Please help. I can't stand being
> >> without hibernation.
> >
> >You can test the lid switch by pressing it manually and seeing what
happens.
> >
> >Have you tried hibernating the unit manually with Fn+F12?
> >
> >Do you get any error message when you attempt to hibernate?
> >
> >James
> >
> >
> >!DSPAM:4541f36f35134410810268!
> >
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