Dear List,
When I put my 5300cs to sleep, it won't wake up and I have to do a keyboard restart to get it up and running again. I have 40 megs of RAM for a total of 56 megs of RAM and the OS is 8.1.
I have tried zapping the PRAM x 10, trashing the finder preference file and rebuilding the desk top. I have run Norton Disk Doctor and the Doctor says we're fine. I have tried zapping the PRAM again with Tech Tool 1.2.1. No dice.
Then I thought, perhaps I was having a conflict with an extension or two so I started up with the extensions off. Shuzbutt! The 5300 still died in its sleep. I brought out the heavy guns, Conflict Catcher 8, and still the 5300 fell into the Big Sleep.
OK I thought, I'll subject the PB to intervention therapy, i.e. a clean install. Aarrugh! (No need to translate).
My last hope, Reset The Power Manager. So I started up the lap top with the Command, Option, P & R keys depressed and when the 5300 went blank and the sleep button shown steady, I restarted with the reset button on the back. OK, one more time. I pulled the battery, disconnected the AC power pushed the reset button in the back for 30 seconds plus and reconnected the AC power and I am right back where I started from in the beginning (except for a new system folder).
Does anyone have any other ideas? My next step is to pop the hood and remove the PRAM battery (how long should it be disconnected?). Failing all of this, the Power Book gets wrapped in garlic, I drive a wooden stake through its CPU and I bury it in the back yard!
Robert R.
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