[mdlug] Conductive Tabletop Mats Vs ESD Mats Recommendations Please?

[Peter Bart]

Good Morning All,
	Researching an annoying suspend problem with my T61 Thinkpad
	led me to look at another annoying problem, which is an abrupt
	power down of the notebook when docked suspended. 

	The latter problem seems to affect certain T60 models and my
	T61. What happens is that when a suspended notebook is docked
	it shuts off. Pressing the power button initiates a cold boot.
	There is a fix from Lenovo
	<http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-67382>,
	but I've not found a vendor yet. Because this fix does not seem
	to fix all the problems from users listed here
	<http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29614>, I
	thought I'd get an antistatic ESD/Conductive mat for my desk.
	Can anyone recommend a good reputable make? Should I also get a
	floor mat as well?

	For the record, the first problem is that the notebook comes
	out of suspend by itself. It can be reproduced by slightly
	twisting the hinge end of the closed notebook. What I've found
	so far that it's some sort of hardware problem. The opinions
	are split between a ribbon cable and a inverter. Hope this
	helps someone.

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Best Regards,

Peter The Plumber
<petertheplumber at att.net>