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> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 23:40:37 -0500 > From: "Richard L.F. Yuen" <g4yuen@cdf.toronto.edu> > To: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@ra.isisnet.com> > Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: Re: Thinkpad won't shut down > On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Robert G. Stevens wrote: > > > At 10:21 AM 22/02/97 -0500, Richard L.F. Yuen wrote: > > > > > >Has anyone experenced any problems with the upgrading of the new system > > >bios for the 365XD? (P100,810HD,24RAM,DS) > > > > > >Now whenever I shutdown the notebook down I get the usual windows screen > > >"Please wait while your computer shuts down" and then nothing. The > > >notebook should power down and shut off by itself but it doesn't. > > > > > >Any ideas? > > > > > >Richard > Dear Richard, I had the exact same problem (I had no network card). If I removed the extra 16 MB of memory, then the thinkpad would shut down with no problem. Did you try this? I sent it back to the IBM Service, they initially said that it was a software problem (my software of course), but while they attempted to wipe my hard disk and re-install win95, they discovered that the parallel port(!) was faulty, so they replaced the motherboard and the hard drive (!) After this, the problem evaporated (The thinkpad was running on Bios 1.01) You will definitely need to upgrade to 1.05 Bios as a first step... it irons out a very long list of problems. Cheers Costas > > > > > Richard: > > > > I had similiar problems on a 755 and a 701 and seemed to be related to > > network cards. If you have a network card these thinkpads shut down more > > reliably in Win 95 if I stopped the card first. This can be done through > > clicking on the PC Card icon in the task bar tray and the selecting the > > network card. My problems seem to have went away when I got a newer driver > > for the megahertz card. I have also found that if you get the "Please wait > > I've tried it and it still doesn't work. The machine still doesn't shut > down after displaying the "please wait while your computer shuts down" > message. trying the ctrl-alt-del also fails to power down the machine. My > network card is the Megahertz XJEM3336 model which I purchased a month ago > so I believe I have the lastest drivers. > > I seem to have another problem-the welcome screen message should cover the > whole screen but now I get a 5"x4" welcome message with a black border > instead of the usual large 9x6 one. > > I've done the video updates last year so I believe this isn't the problem. > > > while your computer shuts down" message and it does not shut down, you can > > press CTRL-ALT-DEL and when the close program window comes up select shut > > down. With all its improvements Win 95 is not perfect yet. At our office > > our main application runs on a IBM Clone using SCO UNIX and it can go for > > months without needing to be shutdown because software problems. > > Eventually Windows should get this reliable. > > > > Regards > > > > Robert Stevens > > > > > > > > #include <std_disclaimer.h> > #include <SWEEPING_GENERALITY.H> > /*****************************************************************************\ > *Beware the pale horse and Richard Yuen * > *on it was a rider and he was University of Toronto 9TX X->7 * > *called Death.And Hell followed Faculty of Arts&Science(SW ENG) * > *behind him. g4yuen@cdf.toronto.edu * > \*****************http://cdf.toronto.edu/~g4yuen/personal.html****************/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Costas S. Iliopoulos Algorithm Design Group Tel: 44 (171) 873 2809 Dept of Computer Science Fax: 44 (171) 873 2851 King's College London Sec: 44 (171) 873 2588 Strand England http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/csi ______________________________________________________________________