From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 14 14:51:27 2005 Return-Path: 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 ED9F916A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:51:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE6243D1F for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:51:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from astrodog@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so621140wra for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:51:27 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=QcgXJLfrlVHTwcM9lJ+8DIcpJh1PkgUZdml6BDwnpmeDDf7q5BhnAm9vmiEkVRyKXPII4d2rkDWXBOeAP/XHwJAwbdVGqsfUztPyb1RxrKFfEy8jg4RfWRKxkxI1MNim5vaQNeTnm8KjkoO8Evk+7n0sesBS/1wHoMPWKztoojo= Received: by 10.54.32.33 with SMTP id f33mr13140wrf; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:51:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.40.69 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:51:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2fd864e050214065120da216e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:51:26 -0600 From: Astrodog To: bsdnooby In-Reply-To: <4210142F.8000202@optonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4210142F.8000202@optonline.net> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Astrodog List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:51:28 -0000 On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:59:59 -0500, bsdnooby 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