Messages in this thread | | | From | Stephan Maciej <> | Subject | Re: Sony Vaio Laptop problems | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:30:22 +0200 |
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On Monday 29 April 2002 02:28, Erik Mouw wrote: > > ERROR > > 0211: Keyboard Error > > > > I do have the option to use <F2> to enter Setup, but due to some strange > > 0211 keyboard error it just won't work. The only proper way for > > restarting my machine is to power it off and turn it on again. > > > > What can I do? > > 1) Update the BIOS, my laptop shipped with an old version and a BIOS > update fixed some keyboard related problems. (you need to boot into > windows for this)
Can I do this with a DOS bootdisk? I remember that most of the Flash updates require you to startup the computer in a real DOS environment, at least those I have seen for my ASUS P5A and A7V boards.
Windows XP didn't live long on my system - I just booted it after I bought that thingy, then I installed Linux on the whole disk. I can live with the reboot problem, as long as I'd have to install XP or some other Microsoft shit on it to fix it.
> 2) Apply the latest ACPI patch.
I'll try. Is anyone interested in getting positive feedback? You?
> [...] > My FX505 doesn't need the sonypi driver. With APM I can suspend the > computer but the CPU fan won't turn off; with ACPI the CPU fan turns > off, but I can't suspend the computer. Anyway, the latest ACPI patch > makes it a lot more quiet.
That's right. With APM, I had the problem that the fan didn't turn on if it wasn't on after a power-on. Twice, my machine went off because it overheated.
> [...] > Use the ALSA-0.9 series driver instead of the kernel driver.
I'll try that, too.
> > So, just for completeness, here's my system configuration: > > > > Mobile AMD Duron Processor, 1GHz > > 256MB RAM > > IDE hard disk and CD/DVD ROM > > You forgot to tell which kernel version you are currently using. > Anyway, linux-2.4.19-pre5 + acpi-20020329-2.4.18 works for me.
Umm, I really forgot that. I am currently using a vanilla 2.5.9 kernel and I am quite happy with it.
Thanks,
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