From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 15:37:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AF1B16A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:37:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E69DD43D31 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:37:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BzGsa-0002db-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:37:04 +0200 Received: from makrothumia.wingnet.net ([206.30.215.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:37:04 +0200 Received: from jesse by makrothumia.wingnet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:37:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:37:00 -0400 Organization: WingNET Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <648018B8B54EFE418F3E543306755AAC817E8B@mchh2c6e.mchh.siemens.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: makrothumia.wingnet.net User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: Re: AW: artifacts on my IBM A30p display... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:37:05 -0000 Reifenberger Michael EXT wrote: > Hi, > your A30p System-board is defect. > I had this twice before and got the Systemboard changed by IBM. > > It's a nightmare to get reproduced by IBM though... > - They don't know what text-mode is because they boot windoof immediatly > and > the failure doesn't show up there easily. > - You should take a few Pictures of the crippled BIOS (IBM-Logo) screen > so they couldn't say it's by broken device-drivers. > - Don't say you are using FreeBSD! > > Good Luck > (Hopefully your Notebook isn't out of service) Yeah, lucky me. It *is* out of service. Do you think I could limp by if I purchase a docking station and install a PCI video card? -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net