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Actually, it *does* have a reset button! It's on the back, recessed under the hinged cover. --On Saturday, January 24, 1998, 1:06 PM +0100 "Rainer Feuerstein" <thinkpad@bedrock.mayn.de> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 08:41:36 -0500, Jane Loyless wrote: > >>have *never* had anyone report this kind of problem to me nor had I >>ever seen anything crop up on the list about it > Then I'm No. 1: > Yesterday I turned on my 760ED, started booting NT4, closed the lid and went for a coffee. > When I came back (about 1 hour later :), I opened the lid (the whole TP was fairly hot, not > to mention the PCMCIA cards, as I detected later) and saw NT's login screen, telling me to > press Ctrl+Alt+Del in order to log in. > > But when I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happened. > The keyboard was totally dead. > So I wanted to turn the TP off and on again, but that wasn't possible! I only heard a beep, > and it kept running!! > So I sat in front of my TP and didn't know what to do. > I can't reboot it since it has no reset button and NT uses Ctrl+Alt+Del not for rebooting. > I can't turn it off. > Unplugging doesn't work since it has a battery. > > So I had to remove the battery while my TP was running (power cable already unplugged). > > IMO this crash was due to the closed lid. > I hope this doesn't happen again. > > --- > kind regards, > Rainer Feuerstein -- Steve Hultquist, Chief Technology Officer HSAnet providing high-speed Internet access Boulder, Colorado mailto:ssh@HSAnet.net +1.303.581.0800 http://www.HSAnet.net/