Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:42:48 +0000 From: "Mark A-J. Raught" <mraught@acm.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched. Message-ID: <42114588.3090403@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e050214065120da216e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4210142F.8000202@optonline.net> <2fd864e050214065120da216e@mail.gmail.com>
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Astrodog wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:59:59 -0500, bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>When I try to install FreeBSD, my brand new HP Pavilion laptop turns >>itself off. It does not matter if I use 4.x or 5.x, CD or floppies. >>There is no error log since it just shuts off after I choose to load a >>kernel. I have tried loading with ACPI off, and it does not help. I >>believe I tried all the kernel options available from the menu on 5.x. >> >>The computer is a HP Pavilion zv5445us, with 512MB RAM, P4-3Ghz, 100GB >>HD, 15.4" Hi-Def Screen, 54G 802.11b WLAN. I purchased it from Best Buy. >> >>Under Windows, it appears Hyper-Threading is turned on, and I have not >>found a way to turn it off inside the CMOS. >> >>The machine runs Windows XP Pro fine, but I am trying to switch to >>FreeBSD on all my boxen. I was really surprised to find this one >>abruptly shutdown when trying to do the install. It turns off before >>the install really starts, so I do not have much information to solve >>this problem. The HD is never touched. >> >>Any suggestions? >> >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > Just on a whim, try the R3000Z patches to see if they fix this. I've > heard rumors that the issue extends past the AMD64 Compaqs and HPs. I > think there's an ISO out there with most of them merged. > > Assuming this relates to P4s, as well as the AMD64s, once again, I > think we should consider this a -mobile problem, not an -amd64 one. > > --- Harrison Grundy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I agree. I am currently looking for a laptop and took a FreeSBIE 1.1 CD with me to several places (Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, and others...) and every Compaq or HP machine (not just AMD64, but every one!) shutdown when I tried to boot. It didn't matter which selection I made from the boot prompt, they all caused a shutdown. I didn't have a version with the mentioned patches, but it would definitely open up my choices in laptops if they fix this problem. I would think this would be a higher priority to fix than it is. I was very surprised when I started looking around for information and saw that this has been a problem for quite some time. Unfortunately I don't have the experience to fix this myself. Please note I am NOT knocking FreeBSD in any way. I run 5 on my current laptop (it is fantastic) and 4.stable on several desktop and servers (also fantastic... the OS, not my ability to run it). I really appreciate all of the hard work that everyone does for the OS. I just thought with the popularity of HP/Compaq machines that this would be fixed quicker than it has. I'll have to try the FreeSBIE CD at work and see if this problem exists on desktop HPs. -mark
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