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by calebt
Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:45 pm
Forum: ThinkPad T4x Series
Topic: T42: Black screen after leaving laptop on all night?
Replies: 8
Views: 1164

Update

Update: I left my lid open this time, and it locked up on the windows xp screen saver. The machine was still on, but everything just seemed to lock up. I tried pressing the function + some other keys, the power button, etc, but I had to hold the power button down to turn off the machine. Again, the ...
by calebt
Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:34 pm
Forum: ThinkPad T4x Series
Topic: T42: Black screen after leaving laptop on all night?
Replies: 8
Views: 1164

In the power settings, I have the display to turn off in 10 minutes when running on battery power. On AC power, I have everything set to "never turn off". Nothing happens when I move the touchpad, press all of the keys, press the power button, etc. I have to hold down the power button to turn off th...
by calebt
Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:31 pm
Forum: ThinkPad T4x Series
Topic: T42: Black screen after leaving laptop on all night?
Replies: 8
Views: 1164

T42: Black screen after leaving laptop on all night?

I haven't had any problems while I'm using my machine, but I have noticed something weird a few times: When I go to sleep, I plug up my laptop to AC power, close the lid, then go to sleep. It seems about 1/2 of the time, when I open the lid the next day, the screen is just black. The wireless light ...
by calebt
Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:03 pm
Forum: ThinkPad T4x Series
Topic: T42: problems with installing retail copy of winxp pro?
Replies: 8
Views: 1278

Re:

I think in the last install I forgot to install the power managment driver. I'm running on the new install, and I think I have all the drivers installed now. I guess we'll just have to see how well it works out. Yeah, I probably should have kept the default install, but I guess I'm just really picky...
by calebt
Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:44 pm
Forum: ThinkPad T4x Series
Topic: T42: problems with installing retail copy of winxp pro?
Replies: 8
Views: 1278

Re:

The OS was finished installing. I was at the point where you're just doing configuration -- setting up the user accounts and setting up the network.
by calebt
Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:20 pm
Forum: ThinkPad T4x Series
Topic: T42: problems with installing retail copy of winxp pro?
Replies: 8
Views: 1278

T42: problems with installing retail copy of winxp pro?

I just got my t42 (2378DTU) yesterday, and I didn't like all of the crap that comes installed by default and the partition for the rapid restore, so I decided to install of fresh copy of winxp pro from a retail CD. So I installed it, and on the part where you set up the initial accounts, I decided t...

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