Re: hybernate forever?

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 01:19:15 EST


The trash is only an option for exasperated thinkpadders.. :-)
pull the upgrade memory..
run the easy setup tests..
to turn off the machine, use the reset button on the back, in a small hole,
next to the dock socket..

----- Original Message -----
From: <jbrush_at_aros.net>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: hybernate forever?

> Been running OS/2 on a 760ED for weeks now with no problems. I use the
> hybernate feature every day.
>
> Tonight, I turn it on and up pops the hybernate screen, the white one,
> with the progress bar on the top. Usually it will show progress and I am
> running in a minute. Not anymore. It just sits there and shows nothing in
> the progress bar. Its just hung there forever. I can't turn the machine
> off, as it just beeps when I try. The only way to shut it off is to pull
> out the battery. I did this, put it back in, and the splash screen
> returns. FWIW, the center led under the display is just flashing away. I
> tried booting to a floppy, but it won't even go there, just pops up the
> white screen.
>
> Power on with F1 held down gets me a screen that says STOP and Cancel.
> Not a lot of choices there.
>
> I refuse to install again, so do I have any option short of the garbage
> can?
>
> Much obliged for any advice.
>
> John
>
>


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