On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 08:48:24 Cranky Frankie wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]> wrote: > > What isn't clear is what holding down the power button actually does. > > I'll say. > > When I flashed the BIOS a month ago it said version 3310, the newest > version, was loaded. I mean, if you booted, hit F2 and went into > setup, the bios version was shown as 3310. So why then should you need > to hold the power button down for 2 minutes to complete the bios > upgrade? If it's running 3310 it's running 3310, one would think.
Yeah, that is misleading. I would have thought it had completed, too. > Again, this might be unique to this particular model (Acer Aspire One > netbook), but it might be a good idea to keep the press the power > button for 2 minutes with not battery or DC in connected after a bios > flash upgrade in your bag of tricks :) The surprise about this situation is that manufacturers have different BIOS replacement procedures and that even some of the seemingly innocuous parts of the procedure, like what specific time delay to use, are actually important. I wouldn't have considered this important either until now, so I'm glad that you've explained the symptoms and the fix. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra
