Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon:
> On Tuesday, 23. October 2001 15.19, Andy Bastien wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> there is no !! It looks like Phoenix Bios'es are only "tunable" over
> Win-Software :(
>
> > If you really don't have a way to turn off speedstep in your CMOS,
> > it's going to be a problem.
>
> It looks so :(
>
> > 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.
>
> I don't have the ability to change power settings of my laptop (look above).
> NO chances :((
>
>
> But there are positive news:
> I compiled kernel 2.2.19 from source, and it's running without problems
> ....(i have at the moment)
> --> so there _must_ be a problem in 2.4.12 !!!
>
> Andy
> (still waiting, until 2.2.19 crashes too ;)
My laptop BIOS has a generic PhoenixBIOS 4.0. I can tell you how it
works on mine, but your BIOS may be customized and so might be
different:
At the system boot logo, press F2. When the CMOS settings screen
apears, go to the Power page. Select the option labeled 'Geyserville
Mode', and change it to disabled.
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