Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:09:45 -0800 From: Rob Lytle <europa100@comcast.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: HP zd8000 reboots on its own Message-ID: <20051205160945.665cb30c.europa100@comcast.net>
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I wonder if anyone else is using FreeBSD on the HP zd8000 laptop? I am having the occasional spontaneous reboot. FreeBSD 6.0-release was installed from CD. I have done some long compiles like Mozilla with no errors, so I am thinking that memory is probably OK. I should probably run memtest86 on it anyway. I tried turning off ACPI, but then I get an error message about the NIC saying something like "rl0: watchdog timer reset" (This laptop has had problems on Linux where it reboots upon hitting the ACPI part of the boot process. Sometimes it takes several reboots for it to complete the whole process in Linux.) I am wondering if hyperthreading has anything to do with it. That can be turned off in my bios. But looking at my kernel config file, I don't see any entries related to hyperthreading or MP support. This is the first laptop that I have had with a P4 with hyperthreading, so I am not very familiar with it in relation to FreeBSD. I basically took the GENERIC kernel config file, added audio and ipfilter support, then commented out most of the scsi, raid, and unused NIC entries. If it is just lousy HP bios, maybe I need to just say a prayer each time I boot it up, lol. Rob. -- ------------------ http://home.comcast.net/~europa100 A SETI-like Search for Intelligent Life in Central Pa.
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