on Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 04:21:09PM -0800, Jeff (jcoppock1@home.com) wrote: > Karsten M. Self, 2001-Oct-28 15:55 -0800: > > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Martin Sk?tt (martin@z3n.dk) wrote: > > > > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling > > > with random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to > > > disable SpeedStep in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my > > > machine, but I have many SpeedStep settings and I still haven't tried > > > all of them. > > > > > Disabling SpeedStep is a workaround, but it's not acceptible for me as > > > a private laptop buyer. > > > > It's the only solution I've found to work. Running a TuxTops Amethyst > > 20U w/ PIII 600/500 CPU. > > > > My own research and experience suggest this is the best solution. > > > > Peace. > > I haven't disabled Speedstep, but instead locked the speed at > maximum performance. My bios allows me to do this. I have no > problems (Dell Latitude CPi PIII 750/600). Same difference. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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