From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 23:39:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 451B116A420 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:39:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jstn@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (mx.freeshell.ORG [192.94.73.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE25243D45 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:39:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jstn@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:jstn@ukato.freeshell.org [192.94.73.7]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k19NdIMD028537 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:39:18 GMT Received: (from jstn@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id k19NdHfp003960 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:39:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:39:17 -0500 From: "Justin R. Pessa" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060209233917.GA16568@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-URL: http://jstn.sdf1.org X-PGP: http://jstn.sdf1.org/pgp.html Subject: [davidw@fairadsl.co.uk: Re: um32w!] X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:39:33 -0000 --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, I wanted to send this to the list for the archives.=20 This is a possible fix for those having problems with your UM32W Sharp laptops. Best, Justin ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- From: "Dave" Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:17:45 -0000 To: "Justin R. Pessa" Subject: Re: um32w! X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 hey! i thot it seemed a bit more than just static - i could get it fairly=20 consistently - more like a current than just static electricity to be=20 honest, if i left my elbow on the laptop and on any earth, i found i could= =20 feel the 'shock' almost constantly :( i'm pretty sure it was a screw which was causing a short across the=20 motherboard/graphics card - either way, i masked up virtually all the screw= =20 holes and the entire motherboard (just to be sure and i've had no trouble= =20 with mine at all! it might just be me, but i'm also pretty sure my battery lasts longer (i=20 used it for a LONG time today (i usually get <1 hour out of it, and i used= =20 it for over an hour today and i still have some charge left (fairly=20 intensive too - extracting zip files and games - worms armageddon!). other than that, (and the crashing stopping) its not powered down once and= =20 i've never seen the capslock+numlock or numlock+scrolllock blinking at all = -=20 i had the gfx card bug out once, but it was using some very old software -= =20 which also caused a similar problem on my desktop (VPU recover saved the=20 desktop tho). also, jsut to be clear - i removed several screws and didnt replace them (a= s=20 i had no way of insulating them, i currently have arond 20 screws from=20 inside it which i removed (laptop still functions perfectly, and it doesnt= =20 rattle or anything, just minimal number of screws (none from base of laptop= =20 (going from outside to inside) are in use atm tho. also, be sure to insulate the metal cover which conceals the mini-pci devic= e=20 (lan/wifi) as this could short out. seriously hope this helps someone out there! Dave ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Justin R. Pessa" To: "Dave" Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: um32w! ----- End forwarded message ----- - j =2E__________________________________. | Justin R. Pessa - BOFH=20 | www: http://jstn.sdf1.org=20 | pgp: http://jstn.sdf1.org/pgp.html | irc: asdf @ irc.freenode.net ' --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFD69KlPpr5wVVwYfURAvkKAJ9MgxSUllXGzHUH/+FaXK+kjrVYfQCgnv1a ZJQQGOaLUoD8Fqd7xPUQEo4= =CAi6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--