system won't wake up, not even reboot
with kernel 2.6.15 on compaq presario 900 notebook an S3 sleep worked fine but the machine woke up to a black screen.
The problem is that I can't reboot! After a hard shutdown (pressing the power button for several seconds), waking the machine up (by a short press on the power button) makes it go into the same state (fan turning, power led on, screen black, can't ping the machine).
I'm seriously blocked here, is there anything I can do to get the machine back to life?
Thanks for your help!...
...Diemo
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with kernel 2.6.15 on compaq presario 900 notebook an S3 sleep worked fine but the machine woke up to a black screen.
The problem is that I can't reboot! After a hard shutdown (pressing the power button for several seconds), waking the machine up (by a short press on the power button) makes it go into the same state (fan turning, power led on, screen black, can't ping the machine).
I'm seriously blocked here, is there anything I can do to get the machine back to life?
When you power-up the machine, can you interrupt the boot process by changing the boot order or entering BIOS setup? If so, you should be able to boot from a floppy or CD.
If you can't interrupt the boot process, maybe the machine was not completely powered-off, and it's really trying to resume from an S3 sleep. You could try removing any batteries and AC adapters to make sure it's powered-off, then try booting again.
[I know next to nothing about suspend/resume, but since nobody else has stepped up ...]