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While I'm on the subject of Thinkpad problems, the other one I'm having right now is to do with the display. It flickers a lot. More correctly, it flickers when the battery level is low. If I use mains and the battery is 100% charged, it's great - no problems. After I've switched to using the battery, it is liable to start flickering occasionally after a while. The lower the battery level is, it seems, the greater the degree of flicker. It's variable, however. Some times I get the odd flicker when I type, other times the whole thing goes nuts during heavy work (e.g. moving the trackpoint a lot, disk / CD activity). Seems like it's not supplying enough power or something. When I reattach the mains, it will still flicker until the charge gets quite high (above 80% or so). Do you think this is a battery problem, a video problem, or what? The other possibility is the amount of heat the laptop generates. It gets frighteningly hot after a while! I wondered whether overheating might be a problem (and simply coincided with those times I was using the battery). The PCMCIA card are almost too hot to handle when I take them out. Is this going to affect their performance? The battery is one component I would expect to be heat intolerant, given its chemical nature. Perhaps I should take the machine to the local service centre here to be checked over (it's still under international warranty), although I use it constantly so I'd rather use that as a last resort. Adam -- Dr. Adam Britton | crocodilian@ibm.net Crocodile Research | Wildlife Management Intl.