Ok, thanks for the info. *Michael G. Workman* (321) 432-9295 michael.g.work...@gmail.com
On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 4:47 PM Adam Thompson <athom...@athompso.net> wrote: > On 2020-02-09 06:58, Michael G Workman wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Shout out to the OpenBSD developers for making a great OS! > > > > I was able to install OpenBSD 6.6 on a Dell Latitude e6400 laptop, with > > a > > USB Install. Sent the dmesg in already. > > > > The installer would not recognize the hard drive, a brand new SSD > > drive. > > The solution to that, from stack exchange, was to change the SATA > > settings > > in BIOS from IRRTL to AHCI, that fixed the problem. > > > > However if my laptop is powered off for a while, the SATA setting > > changes > > back to IRRTL instead of AHCI, very annoying, not sure why the BIOS > > would > > not make my changes persistent. I think it may be a hardware issue, but > > just wanted to know if anyone else has encountered this before? > > > > Thanks. > > > > *Michael G. Workman* > > (321) 432-9295 > > michael.g.work...@gmail.com > > I have run several laptops from that series with OpenBSD. The other > replies are correct, your BIOS battery is dead. Unfortunately, on many > of the Latitudes, the BIOS battery is of the variety that's embedded in > the RTC chip, and is not separately replaceable. > Some, however, including - the 6430 for example - have a regular coin > cell, albeit wrapped in a proprietary cover with a non-standard > connector, but at least is *is* replaceable without insane amounts of > work. > I have the owner's manuals for many of the 6400 series, email me > directly if you can't find the guide to replacing parts for your > particular model. > -Adam >
