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On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Costas S. Iliopoulos wrote: > > 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? no. I don;t think my RAM is the problem, the test runs I ran said that my RAM was fine. > 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) My parallel ports fine...that is I can print with no problems. > You will definitely need to upgrade to 1.05 Bios as a first step... > it irons out a very long list of problems. > THe problems came when I upgraded the BIOS to 1.24. I also upgraded to IE3.0 at about the same time. Would that have been a problem? On the same note the welcome screen is still faulty(blessing in disguise!) See below. > > > > > > 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 regards Richard #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****************/