[ltp] Suse 7.1

[chris christensen]

A bit of advice- pull that hardrive out before you send it. You are assured
of saving your data and if the ops system caused the damage you will know it
when they respond,  "it works fine" They should be able to check it out with
one of their drives.

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Dale" <tp260921u@hotmail.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Suse 7.1


> I've had Suse 7.1 running on my TP240 for a few weeks without any
glitches,
> UNTIL today when I was configuring an Internet connection for a 3Com
PCMCIA
> modem. What occurred might fall under the category of a recent thread here
> about someone's TP BITING THE DUST, though I hope not. I erased the
messages
> of that thread and don't remember the program or feature of Linux to which
> it referred, but hope someone can tell me if my problem - that at present
my
> 240 is certainly dead -is related.
>
> All I know is that after configuring an Internet connection, choosing
> "enable firewall", and activating the connection, the modem dialed in and
> attempted to connect, but couldn't. A few of the messages that I saw in
the
> script received from the ISP included one after the login which said
"don't
> know what to do", one saying "attempting PPP connection, hope this works",
> and finally one that "PPP could not be initiated". Then, within maybe 30
> seconds after this, the machine lost power, although the power-on LED was
> still on. Pressing the power switch did not start a reboot. When I called
> IBM, the tech had me remove battery and AC and perform the paper clip
reset.
> But it still won't power on, either on battery (which is new) or AC power,
> and no LED's light up. So now it's off to IBM repair, with my fingers
> crossed that this is a serviceable problem and one that they won't refuse
to
> cover with the excuse "original installation not present".
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on this mystery and if it may be related to the

> previous thread on TP sudden death?
>
>
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