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Hi all, I currently own three Thinkpads - a 755CX, a 701C, and a 701CS (I've been bitten by the bug!). All have 16MB/810MB. The 701CS has vanilla DOS/Windows loaded, the 701C has OS/2 Warp Connect, and the 755CX was recently loaded with Win95, build 490. My question concerns the 755CX, but first let me say that Win95 seems to be the most "compatible" operating system I've yet loaded on a ThinkPad. All the MWave stuff works flawlessly, as does the PCMCIA support, the Proxim RangeLAN2 RF NIC, and the Panasonic KXL-D720 CD-ROM drive. Also the 800x600 SVGA driver works fine. The only problem I have is that the operating system 'stalls' for anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds periodically, especially if I'm typing into a VDM at the DOS prompt. It happens at other times, but much less frequently if I don't have an open DOS session. I've tried many things, including booting in 'safe' mode, removing all PCMCIA devices, cleaning out config.sys/autoexec.bat/system.ini to the bare minimum, trying disk-related changes suggested in the WRK (VirtualHDIRQ, SystemROMBreakpoint, etc.). This 'stalling' is always present. The only clue I have is in the control panel - all devices are listed as functioning correctly *except* for the standard IDE/ESDI hard disk controller. Win95 reports it as 'not functioning correctly', which seems odd since this driver is critical to the operation of the machine. I have verified that the resources used match those in the 755CX user manual. Anyone have a clue? This stalling is annoying enough to make the OS unusable, which is a shame since it works so well otherwise. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! --Jim Lee