In a message dated 12/24/01 6:51:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, doc(a)mdrconsult.com writes: That's not so odd.. The exact same thing happens with my 3 vs3100m35's, my vs3500, all my Decstations and my Alphastation as well.. I just leave them completely headless for the most part, and the ones I need a head on always have a terminal connected and running.