On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an HP 1000TX laptop that came with Vista Home. In fact it seems > to be designed for Vista because there are XP drivers that are > unavailable. I have it set up as to dual boot XP / Ubuntu. > > It is by far my most useful laptop to date - and I have had about 10 > over the years. > > The problem I am having is that there is a power drain when I don't use > it. If I go a full week without turning it on, it will not start. The > battery is healthy because I use it at user group meetings for about 2.5 > hours and it still has a charge after the meeting.
Check the bios power settings. Desktops have an option to keep USB powered when shutdown. Also check wake-on-lan is disabled. Probably doesn't apply to a laptop but you never know... -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
