Re: power button dell inspiron 4000
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Andrew Taylor wrote:
> Tim -
>
> I have an Inspiron 7000 which had this feature, it was a BIOS fix. This
> issue is buried in their web site - you can find model specific info w/
> your system service tag.
>
> Andy
>
>
> > Sorry, that is not my problem... That works fine.
> > My problem is that the power button turns off the machine without so much
> > as questioning the kernel - no halt scripts, nuttin.
>
> > My desktop has the bios option of letting the power off button being
> > redefined to suspend the machine - can I do this with the Dell?
>
> > The button is in a bad place, and I keep hitting it.
>
I've given up on this project for a while, but here's some more info:
Flashed with the latest BIOS, but pretty much everything is the same in
the setup menu (gee, I like being able to change bios options when the
machine is already running an OS!). I booted winbloze, and found out it
doesn't even disable the power button (good chance to run scandisk,
anyway :)
So I think I will ask Dell for some help and/or for them to add yet
another thing to the BIOS.
Incidentally - when the machine hard-crashes you need to press the power
button for 4 seconds to turn it off. So somewhere, it is asking the OS for
permission to turn off, and doesn't get through to it when it is crashed.
I'm slightly confuzzled by this....
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TimC
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