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APM for NT4 is available from the IBM Thinkpad pages. However, if you haven't installed it, that could indeed be a problem. --On Saturday, January 24, 1998, 3:55 PM -0500 Rich_Chong@mail.share.org wrote: > > Not having APM on NT4, doesnt help either. > rich > > > > > thinkpad@bedrock.mayn.de on 01-24-98 06:06:15 AM > > Please respond to thinkpad@bedrock.mayn.de > > To: THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu > cc: (bcc: Rich Chong/SHARE Inc) > Subject: Re: Heat buildup with lid closed? > > > > > 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/