Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:21:47 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto 110 questions
> (1) What is better for the Libretto in terms of machine/battery life span > when it is not used and shut down (e. g. overnight): if I leave the AC > connected (two LEDS lighting), or if I isolate it from all current (no LED > lights)? Machine, doesn't matter. Battery, continous charging of systems is not recommended. Better to let it sit hibernated to disk, suspended to RAM (will use energy) or simply off overnight unless you need a full charge at the beginning of the day. The Libretto batteries and charging system isn't as smart as the latest designs, unfortunatly. Also, continously charging and dischargin within a narrow range will reduce battery lifepsans vs. full discharges and recharges. > > (2) There are 2-3 pinkish-colored vertical pixel columns on the left edge of > the screen. Is this a permanent fault of the screen (the machine is 4 years > old), or something can be done with it? You can try disassembly and reseating the LCD connectors and screen (takes 1 hour or so to take apart, may cause more damage if you're not careful). Otherwise, just damaged/broken. New screens - sadly $500+ www.micsol.com. > (3) The machine _sometimes_ locks up when coming back from hibernation. The > screen remains black with the cursor blinking in the left upper quarter of > the screen. The only way to come out of this is to push the reset button. > This only happens sometimes, with no obvious reason. Is there any experience > with this? (I realize from recent posts that suspend/hibernate is a > "less-than-obvious" feature of the Librettos.) Same here. Usually when I had an Ethernet card in the slot or not, then put it in before bootup - locks up during the card detect and/or DHCP hosting. However, any other time, nope. Win98SE here. > (4) My machine has BIOS 7.30, and I downloaded the 8.10 version. Is it > worthwhile to replace it? Anything particular to watch out when doing a BIOS > update? Can I save/restore the previous one in case something fails? Can it > be done safely on a fully installed machine, or better on a virgin one? If the 7.30 bios doesn't support ACPI, there may be a problem with 98 detecting ACPI afterwards, requiring a full reinstall to properly detect and support the new 8.1 bios. But, this may not be a big issue at all, and ME probably will just keep running. I'd bckup the entire libretto, then try. > (5) Is there an Email address where Toshiba service engineers would answer > tech questions? (Guarantee is over.) ? Give it a whirl, www.csd.toshiba.com -> support or this group. ===== adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
