On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 03:39 PM, Chuck & Kim Blair wrote: > I was having to push the reset button, remove the battery, hit and > miss with pushing buttons but finally starting up after poking around > and waiting about...20 min.s Are you using System X? The black screen stays black for an unpleasant length of time which in the past has caused me to press the start button again and again and again....eventually I pressed if for 10+ seconds to get the book to shut down, etc. Pressing the start button once and then keeping my hands in my pockets solved the problem. --- jackrodgers at earthlink.net http://www.jackrodgers.com