I received an email from Acer Norway about my Acer Aspire One D250, translated quote:
"We have reached the conclusion that Intel's EIST power saving feature is the source of varying frequency for this model. In our custom BIOS' there is no switch for this feature, which means there is no choice but to run the computer with this feature enabled. To correct this behavior I made a request for a BIOS release with a direct option to deactivate Intel EIST. Please use the attached BIOS version and get back to me with your results." Unfortunately I haven't been able to flash my BIOS with this new version yet. My problem is that it's DOS-dependent and the flashit program just crashed on me when running it in FreeDOS from a USB memory stick. I have made a request for a Windows version like former BIOS releases from Acer, as I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I don't dare to upload that BIOS release here on launchpad.net, due to it's potential to brick computers and likely copyright restrictions. All in all I'm having a positive dialogue with Acer. I will recommend that you make contact with the support crew for your computer maker and let them know about this bug here on launchpad. I insisted on getting technical support in spite of the usual mindless comments like "you have to return your PC so we can repair it" from 1st level support. I got forwarded to 2nd level support and they actually look into this issue, which is more than we are all used to expect. I also sent them all the links I from launchpad. Sending copy of this comment to Acer Nordic 2nd level support, so here goes signature. Best Regards Runar Ingebrigtsen -- Atom N280 frequency scaling not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
