Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:33:13 -0500 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq deskpro won't reboot Message-ID: <u2s3bwgpiie.fsf@pelleg.org> In-Reply-To: <20050201.163626.85390347.fujita@soum.co.jp> (FUJITA Kazutoshi's message of "Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:36:26 %2B0900 (JST)") References: <20050201.163626.85390347.fujita@soum.co.jp>
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Following up on a *very* old post of mine (to current@) which I still get asked on: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> writes: > Trying to make use of an old system - Compaq deskpro EN 350Mhz, I ran into > the following problem: If you issue a reboot(8) the machine shuts down, but > it never comes back. You have to hit the power button off and then back > on. Otherwise the machine just sits there, screen blank. The system does > shut down cleanly. This is fixed by doing two things: - enabling a jumper on the motherboard - updating the BIOS BIOS updates are available from HP. Find them by searching for the BIOS version. This shows up in the BIOS menu which you active by holding F10 during power-up. It will be something like "686T3" or "686T5". For example: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/Deskpro/us/locate/20_123.html http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/deskpro/us/download/9249.html The download creates a floppy disk, which you then boot from. It will back up your current image (although you can do this yourself from the BIOS menu as well) and flash the ROM. Big thanks to Jason Lingohr <jsl@apache.org> and Brian Booth for helping with this. -- Dan Pelleg
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