Hey Sue — I’ll try this on Saturday. But how can I see what I’m doing on the laptop if the screen is nonfunctional?
— Ken in Atlanta Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2022, at 5:40 PM, Sue Thomson (Specialist RF) > <sue.thom...@ewst.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Ken > > May we (my hardware/software engineer husband "and I") suggest a zero-cost > potential solution (to the question you didn't ask!): > > A friend recently had a hardware issue like this with an older laptop > (totally unconnected with FrameMaker). It turned out that the button-cell in > the laptop, although needing replacing due to age, was not the culprit - it > was a problem with the bios. > > You may already know this but for readers who don't, the bios chip is an > electrically-erasable ROM, which is basically a gazillion tiny capacitors. > Over the years the capacitors lose their charge and a "one" becomes a "zero", > or vice versa. So, you could download a new version of the bios from the > manufacturer's website, put that on a USB stick, and upgrade the bios on the > old machine. > > Note: You will need to set the bios to accept a boot from the USB key. > > In our friend's case, as soon as the bios was updated the laptop booted and > performed beautifully. > > If you choose to try this solution, please let us know if it resurrects your > old machine. (If you feel you need support with it, let me know and I'll put > you in touch directly with my husband.) > > Sue T > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Poshedly <poshe...@bellsouth.net> > Sent: 01 July 2022 15:27 > To: FrameMaker Users List <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: [Framers] Running FM from external device? > > Gang, > > A little help requested here regarding my non-subscription installation of > FrameMaker. Basically, can FM10 be run from an external hard drive? Also, can > it be installed from a thumb-drive. > > I legally own FrameMaker 10 and have no desire or need to upgrade (for > financial and other reasons). I have installed it legally both on my desktop > Windows 10 computer and (per the ULA) on my seldom-used Toshiba Windows 10 > laptop. > > The problem is that the Toshiba is about six or more years old and literally > failing. It booted up just fine a few months ago, but then last weekend it > wouldn't power up at all -- even after leaving it connected to its > wall-charger overnight. I was told that the internal laptop battery was > simply too expired to take or hold an external charge, so I purchased a new > laptop battery ($$$) and left it overnight with wall-charger connected. > > The next morning, the laptop powered up but with a black screen. After > researching that problem (using my trusty desktop computer) and running a > procedure, I was able to boot the laptop, but this time got a totally white > screen. The online advice leans towards possible internal repairs/replacement > -- stuff that just too pricey to do on this thing. > > So I purchased a "newly remanufactured" HP laptop with an SSD and loads more > speed and capacity (just under $400 at my local MicroCenter). > > Ideally, I'd like to "deactivate" the FM10 installation on the Toshiba HD, > then install it on the new HP laptop. (And that would require copying > everything from my Adobe FM10 DVD onto a thumb-drive because newer laptops > just don't have DVD drives.) > > But I can't do that because of the "white screen" problem with the Toshiba > and I don't have access to an external monitor. > > I can easily pop the Toshiba laptop hard drive out, stick it in a case and > run it from the new HP laptop via a USB cable as an external hard drive, but > will FM10 run using that arrangement? > > If not, then I guess I'll have to phone Adobe for their support in this > matter. And can they deactivate only the laptop installation? And can FM10 be > reinstalled from a thumb-drive? > > -- Ken in Atlanta > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
