Heh, this problem happens occasionally to me under Windows NT 4.0 on
my ThinkPad 770...and on 760s as well. Only way I've been able to resolve
it is to pull out the battery. At least its only been intermittent for me.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicholas J. Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 3:21 AM
Subject: LOL! I can't turn off my laptop!
>This is more humurous than informative.
>
>I was playing with trying to get my blasted PCMCIA 3com 575 to work on my
>Inspiron 3000 without getting "Interrupt posted but not delivered ...". So
>I was loading and unloading the i82365 module with various irq_list
>parameters when my machine locked up.
>
>So Alt-SysRQ didn't produce squat, I hit the power button. Nope. That's
>not working either (its a /soft/ button, I believe).
>
>So here I sit wondering what to do now. I guess I'll have to yank the
>battery out ...... or wait for it to discharge :) But I don't think I've
>ever been in quite this situation before ...
>
>
>
>
>G'day!
>
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