weird power quirk
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:07 pm
I originally posted this over in the R, A, G Series but got only one response.
Since posting that I just happen to supporting someone with a X40 model that did the exact same thing while she was on the phone with me. SO while I suppose it could be a power inverter problem as as slagmi suggested in the original thread. However, I'm more inclined to think it's a power management bug because it is so intermittent.I just got this laptop and I've seen it happen a couple times. When I've plugged in the power cord the screen will dim to the point it's not lit at all and won't come back to normal until I reboot but I can barely see the screen to do that. On two other occasions the laptop has actually completely shut off as soon as I plugged in the power cord.
I've updated all drivers from IBM and Win XP SP2 with all available updates. There are no hardware conflicts or unexplained errors.
Any ideas?