Hi guys. I was pretty satisfied with my M400 un

**dash80** · 04-01-2006, 01:17 PM

Hi guys. I was pretty satisfied with my M400 until 2 things started happening:

1) the LCD will not turn on after a long period of inactivity (standby mode?)

2) while working on a document for work, the machine just froze. There was no response to any keyboard commands or mouse input. Closing and opening the lid had no effect (although the LCD backlight turned OFF then ON when opened). The freezing is a BIG problem.

I'm about to install the Toshiba power management utility again but the freezing issue may be something else. I found a few Googled articles that said WinXP Tablet Edition just freezes on its own.

Anyone have the same issues?

**JMoney** · 04-01-2006, 01:44 PM

My m400 is my second tablet, upgraded from a 3500, and I have never had any freezing problems. Does it only happen wehen working in your document editor? I would try and diagnose whats running when it freezes, see if there is any correlation.

On the LCD problem, reinstalling the power saver should fix it. If not then just telling the hard drive to never sleep, has fixed it for everyone else.

**drzeller** · 04-02-2006, 09:04 AM

For the LCD issue, I find that I can just switch the LCD position (laptop versus tablet orientation) and it comes back on. Annoying, but the workaround is pretty simple. Try re-installing the power saver as mentioned above, though.

As for XP Tablet Edition simply freezing, I can't say I would make that kind of generalization. I have had 3 TPC's and the only freezing problems I have had were related to the normal miscellaneous SW and driver issues and were resolved as they would have been on a non-TPC.

D.

**laryang** · 04-06-2006, 11:24 AM

I have the same two issues with my M400 - - after a period of inactivity, the screen won't come back. And the random freezes are really annoying - - both problems i have to hold the power down to turn it off. . . Is this a motherboard problem?

**laryang** · 04-06-2006, 11:25 AM

I have the same two issues with my M400 - - after a period of inactivity, the screen won't come back. And the random freezes are really annoying - - both problems i have to hold the power down to turn it off. . . Is this a motherboard problem?

**laryang** · 04-06-2006, 11:25 AM

I have the same two issues with my M400 - - after a period of inactivity, the screen won't come back. And the random freezes are really annoying - - both problems i have to hold the power down to turn it off. . . Is this a motherboard problem?

**dpeters8445** · 04-06-2006, 03:13 PM

How much Ram do you guys have? I only currently have 512 ram in my M400 and that is not enough. I have noticed that by the time I start up the computer and open a 5 or 6 apps at a time my ram is all ate up and the M400 will run slugishly. I plan on installing more ram.

Doug

**JMoney** · 04-06-2006, 05:14 PM

I have 1gb of ram. You can clear up a good amount of memory by stopping uneeded processes from starting up using start>run>msconfig then editing the startup tab. There used to be post that explained the processes that you needed to keep, however, after the server crash its gone. The only help that I can provide is this screenshot of what I diasbled. Of course, some of these you may want to keep, like McAfee(I use symantec corporate) or the RAID utility if your using it.

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**JesD** · 04-06-2006, 08:38 PM

Thanks for the image shots but anyway we can get a small description on what the startup items you disabled do?> I mean not all just the ones that look important like the TFNF5 and tabtip...etc etc

Thanks

**pparthas** · 04-08-2006, 04:19 PM

This problem has happened to me several times. The freeze is not even a few seconds.. it can be much longer (up to a minute or more). I find it hard to belive memory to be the issue as i have 2G RAM. One of the instances was embarassing as I was in the middle of a presentation :-( .