Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

[Andy Bastien <lists@yuggoth.net>]

In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon:
> On Monday, 22. October 2001 21.15, Andy Bastien wrote:
> > In the depths of that dark day Mon Oct 22, the words of Andy Toenz were the 
> beacon:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random
> > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off).
> > > Nothing... Sometimes it works fine for a couple of hours, and sometimes
> > > he works only 45 Minutes... until complete Lock
> > >
> > > ... has someone the same problems ??
> >
> > Have you disabled speedstep?
> 
> I don't have a switch "like" speedstep in my BIOS (Phoenix 4.0)

Somewhere in the CMOS settings there should be a speedstep setting.
How exactly you get to it varies among laptops, so I can't tell you
exactly where it is, but if you look around in the power management
area you should be able to find one.

If you really don't have a way to turn off speedstep in your CMOS,
it's going to be a problem.  I suppose you may be able to coax the
laptop into always running in low-power mode by setting the power
management to maximum power savings and always booting the laptop from
a battery, but that's not a very good solution.