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An update to the non-disruptive swap problem. I got the computer back late on saturday and I'm just now putting it through it's paces. I have to call the technician on monday to see exactly what was done but it seems to be working correctly now. The message on my answering machine from the tech indicated that he had disabled APM, and the battery icon in the tray and in control panel is gone, however in device manager it indicates that power management is still enabled, force APM 1.0 was checked and I unchecked it and it still seems to work. I unchecked the force APM 1.0 becuase that forces the computer to use the old win3.1 APM standards which, according to a paper from IBM, is not neccessary because the 701 has been tested and proven fully compatible with APM 1.1 and this does now appear to work so I'm not sure what the tech disabled besides the little battery meter icon. If it is infact fixed then I'll be ecstatic as it took five trips to easyserv and finally a tech at customer relations to figure out the problem, not to mention several systemboard and battery replacements. Well it's time toput the machine through its paces to see if it acts up again. But I'm still interested in hearing if anyone else has this problem and their configuration. Eddy Lin wrote: > > > From reading the Technical Service Manuals, I think the 701s may come equipped with the wrong type of standby battery. Every other ThinkPad IBM makes uses a 3 volt or higher standard battery but the 701 comes with a 1.2 volt NiMh standby battery(that's what mine comes with). Unless the 701's got a voltage step-up circuit, I don't know if it's enough voltage to keep the memory alive when the main battery is removed. This may be the cause. But I can't be sure without a schematic or taking my Thin > We will see if the new standby battery works when it arrives. > > Eddy