Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-17 Thread Hal Murray
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: That voltage has to be read with DC power and the main battery removed to be meaningful. There is a trickle charging circuit in play if there is any other source of power. Good catch. Mine's been unplugged and without battery for a few hours. It's still reading

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-17 Thread C. Scott Ananian
I am in Brazil at the moment, without good access to email. But since this seems to be a firmware problem, Mitch Bradley is the right person to help you, at this stage at least. Please check the batteries as Mitch suggests (photos might be helpful for us to see what's going on) and let us know

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-17 Thread Mitch Bradley
C. Scott Ananian wrote: I am in Brazil at the moment, without good access to email. But since this seems to be a firmware problem, Mitch Bradley is the right person to help you, at this stage at least. Please check the batteries as Mitch suggests (photos might be helpful for us to see what's

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-17 Thread Ricardo Carrano
It is possible that the factory neglected to set the date on some units, Isn't if the same that we fixed in some units back in December? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-17 Thread Mitch Bradley
Ricardo Carrano wrote: It is possible that the factory neglected to set the date on some units, Isn't if the same that we fixed in some units back in December? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock The problem report stated that they are able to activate the machines, but that the

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-16 Thread Mitch Bradley
I have been told that the Uruguay machines are supposed to have good battery holders, so my earlier suggestion about coin-cell batteries popping out of the holder might be incorrect. However, we have also seen a problem where some of the coin-cell batteries are defective, so it would be

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-16 Thread Hal Murray
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have been told that the Uruguay machines are supposed to have good battery holders, so my earlier suggestion about coin-cell batteries popping out of the holder might be incorrect. However, we have also seen a problem where some of the coin-cell batteries are

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-16 Thread John Watlington
That voltage has to be read with DC power and the main battery removed to be meaningful. There is a trickle charging circuit in play if there is any other source of power. wad On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:02 AM, Hal Murray wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have been told that the Uruguay machines

Re: Severe new bug in firmware Q2D13?

2008-04-15 Thread Mitch Bradley
Some of the machines from the first production run had bad battery holders. Not the main battery, but rather the small coin cell battery on the mainboard that powers the time-of-day/calendar clock chip. Those battery holders have a plastic retention lip that holds the coin cell in place. On