Everything was up to date until a new BIOS appeared today. I added that. We'll see even though they don't indicate any changes that would affect this.
Thanks ________________________________ Robert Rosen > -----Original Message----- > From: Aryeh Goretsky (home) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E] > Subject: Re: Wierd X301 graphics problem > > Hello, > > I have seen this occur with computers that have PCIe bus video > card under Windows Vista when the machine goes into Sleep Mode. > Microsoft KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937500 > > I realize it is not the exact problem you are having (for one > thing, the operating system is different) but perhaps updating > the BIOS and the chipset, power and video drivers would help. > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > > At 10:00 AM 5/1/2009, you wrote: > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:05:35 -0400 > >From: "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E]" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] Wierd X301 graphics problem > >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >I am experiencing a weird problem on my X301/XP-Pro. Randomly, when > >the machine is not used for a while, instead of the screen saver > >coming on, the screen goes blank. Hit a key and the prompt comes up > >saying machine is locked, scan your finger (or > >^C/username/password). Do either and blank background comes up but > >no icons or anything else. Can't make the machine do > >anything. ^/alt/del does nothing, ctrl/shift/esc doesn't bring up > >task manager, etc. Only solution is to hard power off. > > > >Anyone have any ideas? > > > >__________________________________ > >Robert Rosen _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
