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(i.e., doesn’t automatically

send in for repair. If not, check

prevent timeout. If so, replace

turn off after a preset

the timeout settings in Omnibook

paw active assembly.

interval)

Power Management in the

 

 

Control Panel. Set hard drive

 

 

timeout = computer timeout. A

 

 

future BIOS will address this

 

 

issue.

 

Computer pauses and won’t

This is probably normal W95

 

permit kybd or mouse input

behavior. The operating system

 

for a few seconds

processes events in the

 

 

background and sometimes

 

 

these interfere with the

 

 

responsiveness of the

 

 

application.

 

 

If the hard disk has spun down to

 

 

conserve power, it can take up to

 

 

five seconds to spin back up.

 

 

You can hear this happen. You

 

 

can set the hard drive timeout

 

 

equal to the computer timeout

 

 

such that this does not happen

 

 

often.

 

 

COE users should use COE

 

 

Disconnect and recognize that

 

 

various COE activities (like virus

 

 

scans) are happening in the

 

 

background.

 

 

Some file browsers (like the one

 

 

in PowerPoint in the Insert

 

 

Picture dialog box) will process

 

 

and display a graphic image

 

 

before they respond to keys.

 

 

This can take twenty seconds.

 

 

File browsers may wait for

 

 

broken/non-existent network

 

 

connections to time out.

 

PCMCIA cards recognized

If this occurs with PCMCIA HD,

If card is an ATA card, install

but not available for use.

flash card or LAN card, it may be

new driver, SSHP800.VXD

 

the computer has run out of

(see Service Note 800-03).

 

IRQ’s. Check in System

 

 

Properties for available IRQ’s. If

 

 

card is an ATA card, install new

 

 

driver, SSHP800.VXD (see

 

 

Service Note 800-03). Also try

 

 

the card in another machine

 

 

and/or run diagnostics on the

 

 

card.

 

If HP COE customer,

See local IT dept for a PC COE

 

modems/PCMCIA cards not

Reliability Tracker patch which

 

recognized consistently

solves this problem.

 

Difficult to install RAM

Was RAM expansion just

Was RAM expansion just

expansion door

added? Does door work without

added? Does door work

 

RAM expansion? If yes to both,

without RAM expansion? See

 

send in RAM for replacement.

Service Note 800-11.

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