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On Fri, 15 Apr 1994, Ruckstuhl, Keith E wrote: > I have a TP750 mono, and when I exit windows, > the very next time I bump the trackpoint it > reboots the machine. I thought it might be > the smartcache being 1 meg for Dos and 1/2 meg > for windows, but I see from some of the > autoexec and config files posted that others > have the same setup. I haven't got the latest > set of drivers and utilities from IBM yet (they > are on the way); has anyone else had this > problem? Will the updated drivers fix it? Any > other ideas? > > p.s.- I am running the IBM Dos that came with the > machine and windows 3.1 > > p.p.s.- for those of you using MS Dos 6.2/6.22: Did > you do anything special when switching over, or > just delete IBM dos and install MS dos? > > > > Thanks in advance, > Keith R. > > > I have had exactly the same problem. I have not solved it, but I can give more info. It started with an occasional reboot when I exited windows. In my case, the Trackpoint was not involved. It gradually got worse until eventually it rebooted every time I exited windows. I called IBM support. They were very supportive, but had little in the way of constructive suggestions. They said that they had about 11 calls on the same problem. They had one user send his machine in. They tried re-installing a minimal setup and the problem did not go away. The only solution they found was a complete low-level reformat of the hard-disk. They had no explanation. I reformatted my disk, and re-installed all my software. The problem was cured for about two weeks, and then it started again. Defraging does not help. For some unexplained reason, the problem seems to be moderating lately. My machine is now rebooting with every fourth exit from windows. I have encountered no unpleasant side effects, nor correlation with the use of any particular software (other than windows, of course). I had resigned myself to the fact that the only solution was migration to a real operating system. Unfortunately, my 170 meg disk is already full, the new operating systems are huge, and the disk upgrade to 360meg costs $1300 from IBM (gasp!). I'm sure that any suggestions regarding any of these problems would be valuable for lots of us. -V