Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:39:17 -0500 From: "Justin R. Pessa" <jstn@sdf.lonestar.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: [davidw@fairadsl.co.uk: Re: um32w!] Message-ID: <20060209233917.GA16568@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Folks, I wanted to send this to the list for the archives. This is a possible fix for those having problems with your UM32W Sharp laptops. Best, Justin ----- Forwarded message from Dave <davidw@fairadsl.co.uk> ----- From: "Dave" <davidw@fairadsl.co.uk> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:17:45 -0000 To: "Justin R. Pessa" <jstn@sdf.lonestar.org> 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 consistently - more like a current than just static electricity to be honest, if i left my elbow on the laptop and on any earth, i found i could feel the 'shock' almost constantly :( i'm pretty sure it was a screw which was causing a short across the motherboard/graphics card - either way, i masked up virtually all the screw holes and the entire motherboard (just to be sure and i've had no trouble with mine at all! it might just be me, but i'm also pretty sure my battery lasts longer (i used it for a LONG time today (i usually get <1 hour out of it, and i used it for over an hour today and i still have some charge left (fairly intensive too - extracting zip files and games - worms armageddon!). other than that, (and the crashing stopping) its not powered down once and i've never seen the capslock+numlock or numlock+scrolllock blinking at all - i had the gfx card bug out once, but it was using some very old software - which also caused a similar problem on my desktop (VPU recover saved the desktop tho). also, jsut to be clear - i removed several screws and didnt replace them (as i had no way of insulating them, i currently have arond 20 screws from inside it which i removed (laptop still functions perfectly, and it doesnt rattle or anything, just minimal number of screws (none from base of laptop (going from outside to inside) are in use atm tho. also, be sure to insulate the metal cover which conceals the mini-pci device (lan/wifi) as this could short out. seriously hope this helps someone out there! Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin R. Pessa" <jstn@sdf.lonestar.org> To: "Dave" <davidw@fairadsl.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: um32w! ----- End forwarded message ----- - j .__________________________________. | Justin R. Pessa - BOFH | www: http://jstn.sdf1.org | pgp: http://jstn.sdf1.org/pgp.html | irc: asdf @ irc.freenode.net ' [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFD69KlPpr5wVVwYfURAvkKAJ9MgxSUllXGzHUH/+FaXK+kjrVYfQCgnv1a ZJQQGOaLUoD8Fqd7xPUQEo4= =CAi6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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