[TriLUG] Is it Really Dead?

Joseph Mack NA3T jmack at wm7d.net
Sun Aug 6 17:06:00 EDT 2006


On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Ron Young wrote:

> I have an old Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop that seems to have just given up the 
> ghost.  I was hoping to use it for my first slackware installation.  Since I 
> have experienced some history with this machine getting hung out there in the 
> ether between suspend and hibernate I thought I could remove the power and 
> just wait a bit and it would just boot up again.  NOT!
>
> Now the laptop continuously powers on then resets before the screen lights up 
> and even with the lid closed!  I have to remove the battery and unplug the 
> external power to get it to stop this cycling.
>
> Ideas?   Anyone need an anchor for a two man fishing boat?

Thinkpads have similar bizarre symptoms when their CMOS 
battery dies. Batteries Plus had mine. They're about the 
size of a quarter.

Joe

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