On Thu, 2015-01-15 at 11:49 +0000, johnnys wrote: > I own a Dell Optiplex 760 from 2009 and I have the exact same problem on > Debian Jessie (running kernel 3.16.0-4-amd64). > > I have been running BIOS version A04 (from 2009) and just upgraded to > the latest A16 BIOS version. > > I can keep you informed if this fixes the ugly bug. > > FYI, I did the following to upgrade the BIOS, took me around 5mins: > > - copied an USB FreeDOS 1.1 image onto an empty USB drive. I used this one > (don't forget to bunzip2): > > http://derek.chezmarcotte.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FreeDOS-1.1-USB-Boot.img.bz2 > - copied the latest O760-A15.exe BIOS update file for my Dell 760 onto the > thumbdrive > - booted into FreeDOS and ran the bios update > Johnny, I need to follow up with you on the above. I've now got 'command.com', 'kernel.sys', and '0780-A15.exe' on an empty thumb drive. I assume the next step is to boot into it? FYI as I was looking for an empty thumb drive in my collection this morning the thing locked up again. Any help would be appreciated as I've never updated a BIOS before in all my years.
Thanks Chris -- Chris KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C 31.11°N 97.89°W (Elev. 1092 ft) 08:02:06 up 9 min, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.64, 0.46 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, kernel 3.13.0-44-generic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1402331 Title: System will periodically lockup with [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... render ring idle To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1402331/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
