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Subject: Re: Inspiron 8200 Won't Boot at Max Speed, no APM
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Le Mar  4 mar 03 à 16:52:31 +0100, Fish <fish@fish-mail.com>
 écrivait :
> > > I found that if I completely power off, then power back on, it fixes it
> > > for a little while.  But once it gets to hot, the fan comes on and it
> > > slows way down.  I'm trying to build a new kernel right now without apm,
> > > it's taking forever though.
> > 
> > Hmm, this looks like your BIOS pulls the emergency break. Is it possible
> > to use ACPI instead of APM on your laptop? Then you can also easy check
> > the current temp with gkrellm for example.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Richard.
> 
> Did anyone ever reach resolution on this, because I'm seeing similar
> symptoms on my Inspiron 8200.  My P4 1600 boots at and stays at 1200,
> even with the throttling disabled in the BIOS when not on battery
> power.  I've compiled my kernel without APM, and in /boot/device.hints
> the hint.apm.0.disabled sysctl is set to 1, so there shouldn't be any
> APM interference.

I have downloaded A09-I82.EXE from the Dell ftp site, and flashed my
BIOS: it has fixed this problem! (checked with benchmarks).

Regards,
-- 
Th. Thomas.