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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 06:41:26 -0700, Neil Ripston wrote: >Paul Khoury wrote: > >>So you don't have any FAT16 partitions? Also, it doesn't supprise me that >>suspend/hibernation doesn't work under Memphis; I'm sure it was that way >>when OS/2 2.1 and DOS 6.x's APM support just came out. >> >>One question also, how is battery life under Memphis? I heard that Windows >>95 and its predecessors don't completely shut down the processor like >Linux, >>OS/2 (and I think NT), so does that take a big toll on battery life? >> >>And what have the IBM tech support people said, if it's even worth calling >them? >>One thing I wonder about is if they're told to give "dumb answers", so as >not to confuse >>us or not to give us "secret" information. IBM seems to be like that >sometimes. >> >>Paul > >No Fat 16 partitions, I run the notebook full power on the battery, with >normally no power saving features used (Except Hibernate and Suspend which >don't work). I've noticed no difference in how long the battery lasts. >Last but not least, I did Email Lyle Caldwell who works for IBM Easy Serv >and while he gave me very valid suggestions, none of them solved the >problem. The Memphis web site does not work because it needs a password >that I don't have. I'm just plain out of luck. > Must be password protected for beta testing. >I'm waiting for some brilliant soul in this group to solve the problem, and >let us all know what was wrong. > Too bad I couldn't help; I'm sure there are peopler here who are know more than my limited knowledge of Windows. My normal specialy is OS/2 and hardware. Well, I guess there is one alternative - I have a friend who works at Microsoft. Even though he does not program or use Memphis (he is the lead programer for Word), he might have a friend there who knows. Should I just ask him if he knows how to get suspend/hibernation to work on an IBM ThinkPad with Memphis? Later, Paul