Subject:     Re: PC Card Modem vs. PBook G3
Date:        6/29/98 6:30 PM
Received:    6/29/98 7:50 PM
From:        Michael Nagata, 
To:          mike

Mike,

I found the culprit... but it wasn't my modem!

I have discovered that ANYTIME I have something in my RAM Disk
(Apple-Memory-Control-Panel-based), and try to shutdown, the computer hangs
after the warning about losing the contents of the RAM Disk.

I had mistakenly associated it with Netscape/PC Card modem/ because it was
always happening after logging off.  But after a little experimentation, I
found that even if I just copy some files into the RAM Disk, and then try to
shutdown, it hangs.

Has anybody else reported something like this regarding the new PowerBook
G3's?

Mike Nagata
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>From: mike
>To: "Michael Nagata" 
>Subject: Re: PC Card Modem vs. PBook G3
>Date: Mon, Jun 29, 1998, 1:27 AM
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>Michael Nagata confided
>
>>Mike,
>>
>>I've found a PC Card modem problem with my new PowerBook G3 250/13.3 that
>>has got me stumped:
>>
>>1.  Configuration:  PBook 250/13.3, 96 meg ram, DVD, no internal modem,
USR
>>Megahertz XJ5560 PC Card modem (cellular capable) 56K X2, latest (Sep 97)
>>drivers from the USR website, FreePPP 2.6.2.
>>
>>2.  I get SOLID connections with my Mindspring ISP... 46Kpbs or better.
>>
>>3.  However... once I log off, and disconnect from the ISP, I can't shut
the
>>computer down.  I can Restart, and then Shutdown... but I can't go
directly
>>to Shutdown.  If I do, it asks me if I want to dump my RamDisk (I use a
>>RamDisk for my Netscape Cache) like it's supposed to... but then hangs
>>forever... until I force it to restart.
>>
>>4.  If I Restart first, then I can successfully Shutdown.
>>
>>5.  My PBook exhibits this weird behavior regardless of whether I eject
the
>>PC Card prior to Shutdown or not.  I tried disabling the bundled comm/fax
>>software (RapidComm), but that made no difference.
>>
>>I'm stumped.
>>
>>One other thing... I installed the new G3Strip control strip module
tonight.
>> It says my CPU temperature is 190 degrees fahrenheit!  Can that be right?

>>The bottom of my book does get pretty hot... but that high a temperature
is
>>a surprise to me.
>>
>>Thanks, and again, you've got the best Mac site on the web!
>>Mike Nagata

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