Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:36:52 +1100 From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD mobile Mailing List <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Experience with Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop? Message-ID: <20050106233652.GB55403@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050106232607.GI88329@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20050105062243.GO53273@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050106224623.GA55403@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au> <20050106232607.GI88329@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 09:56:07AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > If you get one, go straight to Dell's support site and get the > > latest bios. I had to do that before X would work. There have been > > a few bios updates and my 1150 was shipped with an out-dated bios > > which I thought lacked attention to detail by Dell when they build > > the machines to order in Malaysia. > > Interesting. I had a similar problem with my 5150 18 months ago (see > http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jul2003.html#25 for details). Is this > what you saw? I think the "bad V_BIOS checksum" sounds familiar. When I went to the Dell support site, there was a bios update specifically for X on Linux. -- John Birrell
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