John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:56:14 -0400 > "Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > >> John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >>> ... >>> Regrettably, the answer is no. The first thing I did after taking >>> delivery of this laptop (brand new from HP), was to wipe the hard disk >>> and install Linux. It has never run Windows of any variety. Hence we >>> cannot rule out hardware. Except that the problem occurred with the >>> original hard disk and the replacement, so it's safe to assume it's not >>> the hard disk. Could be whatever electronics the controller depends on, >>> though. Also could be whatever driver Linux is using. >>> > > >> --Just a thought. If you have only run Linux on this laptop, did you >> upgrade the BIOS? I think the BIOS can be upgraded only in Windows. >> Which version of BIOS are you running? >> > > I have no idea. Is there a way to figure that out? > --Right after you power up your laptop and BEFORE the boot loader comes up, press F10; it will take you right to the BIOS and show you a lot of details about the machine, among them the BIOS version. At least, that's what happens on my machine. There is also a pertinent message which is displayed after powering up and before the boot loader is activated. You should press F10 while that message is displayed.
-- Running 64-bit Linux on AMD64 _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
