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Re: 760ED Suspend & Hibernation Features



Call EZ Serve.  When I had a problem just like yours on my 701 they
replaced the system board.

Jim McGhee

John Carmody wrote:
> 
> I'm confused now after installing the latest BIOS on my 760ED, just
> how to envoke the suspend or hibernation from windows 95?  We observe
> some bad behavior:
> 
> 1.  sometimes the machine goes into suspend (observing the middle
>      green light is lit, cover closed, then it will suddenly "wake
>      up" without opening the cover, then shut down for several
>      minute, then wake up again.
> 
> 2.  sometimes we bring the machine up from a cold start, go into
>      windows 95, use a program for a while, and the machine goes into
>      suspend by itself.  We shut down, come back up and sometimes the
>      behavior repeats, sometimes we are OK for a couple of days.
> 
> This is really a pain for my wife when she is using it for
> text-to-speech in public.  She depends on the machine to speak for
> her and is frustrated because she feels it is something she is doing.
> In these cases she is using it on battery power, and it is true that
> she has this occur more than me, so we are given to believe being off
> the power mains is part of the problem.
> 
> We lived with this for 6 months of ownership while using the original
> BIOS that came with the machine because we read of others
> experiencing similar symptoms.  Then several months ago we heard
> about the new BIOS, loaded it, and thought things were OK, but not
> so.  Now the symptoms are less frequent, but troublesome none the
> less.  Does anyone have a suggestion, please?
> 
> --
> John Carmody
> E-mail: oam@ix.netcom.com