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Wes, Thanks for the notice. Sure enought suspend and hibernation work fine with the new utilities. I do have a problem with loading EMM386.EXE in CONFIG.SYS. What parameters do you have set using the 'current' utilities. Thanks, Robert >DATE: Sat, 26 Mar 94 23:03:19 CST >FROM: byrne@austin.wireline.slb.com > >Summary of this long post: > > - there's a new utility disk, version 1.21, on the IBM BBS > that's just a few days old. > > - tells how to get the XJ2144 (& presumably other PCMCIA > modems) to work across suspend/resume and hibernate > transitions (for MS-DOS 6.2/Windows 3.1 at least). > >After working a bit with my XJ2144, I found a minor problem with >resuming from suspend. For some reason, whenever the XJ2144 drivers >were installed & I resumed from suspend, my screen would not light up >for entering my ROM password. It would come on after I entered my >password and the DOS or Windows screen reappeared. Really weird. Not >a big deal, but it annoyed me, so I called Megahertz. They were very >helpful and sent a FAX pointing me to the IBM BBS and the new >Utilities disk. I cross referenced their FAX to my archives of this >mailing list, and found nearly the exact same message here (I should >have looked at my archives first!). > >So I called the IBM BBS, and downloaded both Version 1.04 of the BIOS >and Version >>>>> 1.21 <<<<< of the Utilities disk (yes, there's a new >version of the Utilities disk as of just a few days ago. This version >apparently replaces 1.2x. I didn't notice anything in 1.21 that 1.2x >didn't already have. I wonder if 1.2x was a test/experimental release, >therefore, the x?) > >I loaded everything up, tried out EzPlay, and removed all references >to Mezahertz from my CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and SYSTEM.INI -- they >aren't needed any more with Ezplay. I made sure my modem was still >working, then tried the suspend/resume test. Boom! My back light is >still not coming on. After doing a few more test, I found other >problems, such as the PCMCIA not powering up after coming out of >hibernate and system hangs when resuming from a suspend while in >Procomm for Windows (these might have also been there before - I >really didn't get into this level of testing when I hit the back light >problem and got the FAX). > >But I found the trick! I went back into my CONFIG.SYS and deleted all >the lines having anything to do with PCMCIA, rebooted, then loaded the >1.21 Utilities again. It added all the PCMCIA lines back to my >CONFIG.SYS, and you guessed it, now everything works correctly! > >I can suspend/resume and my screen lights up for the password entry. > >The PCMCIA power is turned off on suspend, and turns back on on >resume (there is a short pause that didn't used to be there before >while I guess it reinitializes the cards). > >I can use the modem after a suspend/resume! > >I can even use the modem after a power up from hibernate! > >It's great! > >All I can surmise is that the Utilities install program, PCMINSTW, >must not have moved all the new files across because it saw the >devices already loaded. When I removed the devices, it must have done >the install as a virgin install (any other theories?). > >Summary of what I did (for my 750C running MS DOS 6.2 & Windows 3.1): > >1) Loaded Version 1.04 of the BIOS (SY750104.EXE from the IBM BBS or > SYS750 on CompuServe). > >2) Removed all CONFIG.SYS PCMCIA device entries > >3) Removed all MEGAHERTZ entries from CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, & > SYSTEM.INI (these were left over from running the Megahertz > install program when I first got the modem. EzPlay seems to > eliminate the need for any Megahertz software on the system -- > have card, will travel). > >4) Rebooted, then ran PCMINSTW from the Utilities Disk Version 1.21 > (UT750121.EXE from the IBM BBS; not yet on CompuServe). > >Next step -- getting my IBM PCMCIA Ethernet to work. It should be a >lot easier now with EzPlay. I need to use it with both Windows for >Workgroups 3.11 and with TCP/IP. I'll be loading all this up >week-after-next when I return from Microsoft Tech Ed. Any war stories >and mine pit warnings would be appreciated before I start. Anyone >know what new twist the Ezplay puts on the Ethernet PCMCIA? Should I, >or should I not, install what's on the IBM floppy for the card? >Ezplay does see the card, but for the moment shows it as not ready. > >Onward through the fog. > >Wes > >