[ltp] Urgent - My TP600 cannot wake up

Armin Hartmann-Rother linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:46:05 +0100


William Wong wrote:

>
>
> My tp600 runs Linux slackware only and do not have a hibernation partition
> (actually I just become aware of hibernation partition from the mailing
> list)
>
> What happened was that I shutdown Linux but not turning off the machine
> and try to let the battery to discharge completely.
>
> I noticed the battery indicator turns from Amber to flashing amber and
> then to green and then to nothing.
>
> and now when I charge the battery again.  I cannot boot the machine up.
>
> Battery indicator is Amber
> The leftmost of the 5 indicator is amber and the right most is green.
>
> Flipping the power switch has no response at all.  The CPU fan is turning
> slowing and the machine is a little bit warm.
>
> Kindly please offer me some hints to recover machine, thx.
>
> /ww
>
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at the left side of your tp600 nearby the power switch there is a small hole
hosting a reset button -- press it. If this yields no positive result,
disconnect the power and remove the battery for a few seconds.


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