This is not laptop specific, but..... -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 FOUL! My uptime counter "rolled over" to 0 at about 497 days 11/6/2005 Actual uptime is about 497 days plus amount listed below Debian3.0/GNU/Linux system uptime 2 days 18 hours 34 minutes