Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:51:26 -0600 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched. Message-ID: <2fd864e050214065120da216e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4210142F.8000202@optonline.net> References: <4210142F.8000202@optonline.net>
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:59:59 -0500, bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> wrote: > Hi, > > When I try to install FreeBSD, my brand new HP Pavilion laptop turns > itself off. It does not matter if I use 4.x or 5.x, CD or floppies. > There is no error log since it just shuts off after I choose to load a > kernel. I have tried loading with ACPI off, and it does not help. I > believe I tried all the kernel options available from the menu on 5.x. > > The computer is a HP Pavilion zv5445us, with 512MB RAM, P4-3Ghz, 100GB > HD, 15.4" Hi-Def Screen, 54G 802.11b WLAN. I purchased it from Best Buy. > > Under Windows, it appears Hyper-Threading is turned on, and I have not > found a way to turn it off inside the CMOS. > > The machine runs Windows XP Pro fine, but I am trying to switch to > FreeBSD on all my boxen. I was really surprised to find this one > abruptly shutdown when trying to do the install. It turns off before > the install really starts, so I do not have much information to solve > this problem. The HD is never touched. > > Any suggestions? > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Just on a whim, try the R3000Z patches to see if they fix this. I've heard rumors that the issue extends past the AMD64 Compaqs and HPs. I think there's an ISO out there with most of them merged. Assuming this relates to P4s, as well as the AMD64s, once again, I think we should consider this a -mobile problem, not an -amd64 one. --- Harrison Grundy
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