Solo 9100: restart screen and shutdown hangups (W98)?

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I recently inherited (and trasnferred ownership of) a Gateway Solo
9100 laptop/notbook computer which had been in the closet for the last
4-5 years. I downloaded a battery checkup tool which was suggested
from the support.gateway.com pages (GREAT thing they've done by
storing data for every computer they've ever built/sold and providing
all the upgrade stuff in 1 place) and it actually brought the battery
back from the dead! So I got everything else cleaned out, upgraded
and working with Windows 98 but am having 2 problems:

#1: about 1/3 of the time it locks up on shutdown. I have to power
off and it always reboots fine and usually shuts down fine the next
time I try. This is not a big deal but it is both dangerous and
annoying and I'd like to fix whatever is happening, if possible.

#2: When the system sleeps and the screen is darkened, I can always
awaken the unit (HD, general responsiveness) but sometimes the screen
does not reactivate/awaken. I can close programs and use num/shift
locks, etc. so I know the system is awake/active but I have not
picture. Nothing I do will bring it back other than a power cycle.

Any ideas?

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I have this computer and have experienced both issues you have. For #1 no
idea why it does it. I have had this computer for about 5 years and have
reformatted several times and sometimes it still does it.
#2 Same thing..no idea why but one thing that sometimes helped bring the
screen back is the FN and the lcd/crt key. Not sure which number - maybe F5
or whatever and just cycle thru slowly.
Hope this helps

"snoopy" <snoop-dog@my-doghouse.com> wrote in message
news:ypSdnZYKF_vaYizd4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> #1. Check out the Microsoft Knowledge base for the many articles on
> troubleshooting shutdown problems.
>
> #2 Are you at the latest version of the BIOS? I've seen several BIOS
> updates on other machines address issues like this. Maybe yours has one.
> Might also want to make sure all your drivers are up to date.
>
>
> "Gregg Woodcock" <woodcock@SonLightSoftware.com> wrote in message
> news:86a40a7d.0405231727.34b3db16@posting.google.com...
> > I recently inherited (and trasnferred ownership of) a Gateway Solo
> > 9100 laptop/notbook computer which had been in the closet for the last
> > 4-5 years. I downloaded a battery checkup tool which was suggested
> > from the support.gateway.com pages (GREAT thing they've done by
> > storing data for every computer they've ever built/sold and providing
> > all the upgrade stuff in 1 place) and it actually brought the battery
> > back from the dead! So I got everything else cleaned out, upgraded
> > and working with Windows 98 but am having 2 problems:
> >
> > #1: about 1/3 of the time it locks up on shutdown. I have to power
> > off and it always reboots fine and usually shuts down fine the next
> > time I try. This is not a big deal but it is both dangerous and
> > annoying and I'd like to fix whatever is happening, if possible.
> >
> > #2: When the system sleeps and the screen is darkened, I can always
> > awaken the unit (HD, general responsiveness) but sometimes the screen
> > does not reactivate/awaken. I can close programs and use num/shift
> > locks, etc. so I know the system is awake/active but I have not
> > picture. Nothing I do will bring it back other than a power cycle.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>