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TP General - Suggested use of power off/on, suspend/resume operation
Applicable to: World-Wide
SYMPTOM:
Symptoms may include, but are not limited to the following:
Serial port will not initialize.
External floppy drive will not initialize.
CD-ROM will not initialize
CONFIGURATION:
All ThinkPad systems
SOLUTION:
You should wait 5 seconds after powering off the ThinkPad before powering the ThinkPad back on. You should also wait 5 seconds after putting the ThinkPad into suspend mode before resuming the system. If any of the above symptoms occur after powering down and then immediately powering back on or suspending and then immediately resuming do the following: Shut down the system. Wait at least five seconds. Restart the Thinkpad.
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Date Created |
19-05-98 | |
Last Updated |
06-04-99 | |
Revision Date |
06-04-2000 | |
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IBM ThinkPad | |
Product Family |
ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 315, ThinkPad 340, ThinkPad 345, ThinkPad 350, ThinkPad 355, ThinkPad 360, ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 365C/CS, ThinkPad 365CD/CSD, ThinkPad 365E/ED, ThinkPad 370, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 380Z, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385E, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 390, ThinkPad 390E, ThinkPad 500, ThinkPad 510, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 560Z, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad 700, ThinkPad 701, ThinkPad 710, ThinkPad 720, ThinkPad 730, ThinkPad 750, ThinkPad 755C/CS, ThinkPad 755CE/CSE, ThinkPad 755CX, ThinkPad 755CV, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED, ThinkPad 770X, ThinkPad 770Z, ThinkPad i Series 1400, ThinkPad i Series 172x | |
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2600, 2610, 2620, 2618, 2619, 2625, 2624, 9545, 2635, 2636, 2626, 2603, 2604, 2640, 2641, 2645, 2646, 9552, 2630, 2523, 2524, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549, 9544, 2611, 2627 | |
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