Thanks so much and you are right....I am going to look into increasing the Ram but for now rebooting fixes it....Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "GuitarMan" <pctt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:51 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: problem > > Deb, > It sounds like the problem you're having is similar to the one I just > addressed yesterday. Your laptop has used up all of its system resources > and is finding it difficult to free up enough memory to continue. A simple > reboot will return the system to a state where it will once again connect > without incident., but you'd be much better off increasing the amount of RAM > installed in the laptop. There's a great chance that you can nearly > eliminate this problem by adding more memory. > > Peace, > GMan > > PCTT Owner > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deb B" <racefans2@xxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 9:13 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- problem > > > Hi everyone....I don't post often but read and have learned a lot from this > group. I am having a problem with a Compaq laptop. I am running Windows 98 > SE on it and after I am online for a while and hang up I will get a beep and > the screen goes black and then all the lights are shut off when I hit the > power up button it goes back to the screen I was at before it went black but > tells me that I have to reboot the computer to use the dial up networking. I > checked my hardware for any yellow marks but nothing shows up as being a > problem.....I wondered if anyone had any ideas and if so what can I do to > fix it.....thanks for any help....Deb. > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk