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To: carenmahar who wrote (1949)	8/13/2000 12:18:41 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) of 12246

USEFUL computer tip (?) -- notebook computer "freezes" beyond all comprehension ... How do you do the equivalent of "pulling the plug" (like you would with a normal desktop computer) ? We were in Hawaii, my notebook computer froze. I tried Alt Control Delete. Nothing happened. I tried Esc, Delete, the "Sleep" button. Nothing happened. I turned it off. NOTHING HAPPENED (!) (This is when I really started thinking : "Holy ****"). I unplugged the electricity from the wall (to see whether the little icon would switch from the 100% charged icon (an electric cord and plug) to the battery draining icon (a partially full battery)) -- nothing happened ! (The icon remained as an electric cord and plug). I then started thinking : Gee, I wish I had read the owners manual carefully enough to know how to yank out the battery. Then, I started calling every number in the yellow pages for computer people. (Lesson learned -- DO NOT have your computer go wacko on you in Kona, Hawaii on a Saturday afternoon. I only reached one live person on the phone out of about twenty tries, and he told me he just happened to be in the office catching up on old e-mail !) He had no solution. I eventually called IBM on their (800) number. They were there; they helped me for free. The answer is : Hold the (spring-loaded) on/off switch in the spring tension position for about 5 to 10 seconds. This will "kill" a hopelessly frozen notebook computer (or, at least, an IBM Thinkpad 600 model). Jon.

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