[pc110] *HELP* PROBLEM w/ MY PC110 - URGENT

Josh (jg nospam at thegrid.net)
Sat, 07 Mar 1998 11:59:01 +0000

My PC110 was in the Docking Port like usual, connected to AC Power & the Floppy Drive... Next time I Powered it up, I noticed that it would not boot... Like it was dead, no POST.BIOS, nothing...
This being after I had played around in BIOS to configure modems, etc... But I had done the 'exact same' thing before with no ill effects...
I did click on the "initialize" icon in BIOS though, maybe that reset it to some weird state?

The problem somehow seems related to suspend while being docked/undocked / vice versa...
Out of the docking port the PC110 works fine & boots up ok, normally - can use it... But in the Docking Port it will not turn on... The small LCD screen on the front shows it is turning on & flashes the "IBM" logo then goes directly to displaying either battery level or AC power if it is plugged in.... But no screen, not even with a VGA monitor hooked up to the back which ususally works fine...
I am completely perplexed, I tried everything nothing seems to work...
If I take it out of the bay & turn it on, it powers up normally, if I put it in suspend mode, then bring itback up, the display comes back on but the keyboard no longer works!
Anybody seen this before? Did I set something inadvertently? Is this a PS2 controlled feature/symptom?
Also, if I plug in the Keyboard/PS2 adapter to the rear of the PC110 while it is NOT in th edocking port
it behaves the same way, lik eit is in the Docking Port, no Display or boot up, but the IBM logo & battery level will display on the front LCD screen ...
Can anybody provide me with any insight?
I am near tears thinking my PC110 is somehow now damaged...

HELP!!

Josh

jg nospam at thegrid.net