Re: NEC VERSA 6030X laptop suspend problems after BIOS upgrade

Richard Guy Briggs (rgb@conscoop.ottawa.on.ca)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:04:02 -0500


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On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 01:16:55AM -0800, David Ford wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > The really big problem is: whenever it comes out of suspend, the caps
> > lock and scroll lock keyboard indicators flash alternately for about 30
> > seconds and the keyoard locks up, restarting the flashing upon any
> > keystroke *except* <shift> or <fn>. This latter problem sounds like a
> > software issue rather than hardware, but it has been suggested that it
> > could be a lack of keyboard CPU reset at the appropriate time now, or
> > perhaps previously. =20
>=20
> no, user bug. enter cmos password.

Bingo! Thank you so much! This was not obvious at all and the NEC
service desk had no idea either.

How did you learn this?

> -d

slainte mhath, RGB
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