In a message dated 3/19/06 4:15:29 PM, "R.D. Preston" wrote: > > But first, earlier in the thread, you mentioned a sleep/crash problem. > Would you please briefly describe the 'crash' - and the devices > ? attached or involved at the time? > It's been a long time, Russ, but as I recall, I had an Epson C80 printer (since replaced) and a Microtek scanner attached through the hub. The 'puter is an IMac G4 1GHz -- the one that looks like half a basketball. I would put it to sleep, then when I tried to wake it up, I would get that scary screen with four or five languages, all telling me I had to restart the Mac. Someone somewhere online (can't remember where) reported the same problem and suggested I try disconnecting the hub. Once I did, the problem disappeared. I know this is the problem; occasionally I hook up the scanner through the hub and forget to disconnect it before putting 'puter to sleep; same thing happens.
While we're at it, here's another longstanding nag: often, when I try to sign on to aol, I get a message reporting that the computer can't communicate with the modem. Hey, the modem is internal -- isn't all this stuff hardwired? This error message is erratic; sometimes I have to hit "continue" as much as five times before it connects. Sometimes only two or three. Sometimes not at all. And sometimes, after hitting "continue" five times, I get the orginal aol welcome screen and have to start all over again. When that doesn't work, I find that restarting the computer cures the problem -- for a time. Then it starts all over again. And the time lapse before it starts again varies widely. ???? Nolan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060319/f840ac67/attachment.html
