[ltp] Locking up when line power failure

[Mendel Cooper]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> Yesterday I returned home to find that the T61 was locked up and the
> desktop computer and the stereo turned off.
>
> However, why does the T61 lock up? When the line power goes out it
> should just switch to battery ...

Possibly the problem is a spike in the power line when it goes off or
back on. Consider getting a commercial grade power line filter (not one
of the cheap $5 ones).