Re: [SOLVED] BIOS upgrade on an Acer laptop (was: Battery drain with poweroff)

2021-02-10 Thread Nicolas George
Nicolas George (12021-02-08): > Now I need to see if it fixed my problem of battery drain; I have good > hope. Thanks to everybody who pitched for help. I confirm, after 36 hours of power down, the battery had not visibly changed. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP si

[SOLVED] BIOS upgrade on an Acer laptop (was: Battery drain with poweroff)

2021-02-08 Thread Nicolas George
Nicolas George (12021-02-08): > Thanks, I never think of BIOS updates. This is the one for my exact > model, and the title looks very promising. > > Now I need a way to apply it; apparently I need some way to boot > Windows. I hope I will not need to overwrite the complete drive with the > backup

Re: Supermicro bios upgrade

2014-09-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:12:30 +0200 Paul van der Vlis wrote: Hello Paul, >I think the flashrom people need more information. I did send them my Quite likely. Flashrom is one of those projects that will always be playing "catch up". That's not a complaint, simply an observation. >I found out w

Re: Supermicro bios upgrade

2014-09-11 Thread Paul van der Vlis
op 11-09-14 16:41, Brad Rogers schreef: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:25:59 +0200 > Paul van der Vlis wrote: > > Hello Paul, > >> Because of that the program asks with type of programmer to use, and >> presents a list. But I don't know which one to choose. And Supermicro >> support does not know that

Re: Supermicro bios upgrade

2014-09-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:25:59 +0200 Paul van der Vlis wrote: Hello Paul, >Because of that the program asks with type of programmer to use, and >presents a list. But I don't know which one to choose. And Supermicro >support does not know that too. Supermicro support may not know(1), but they're b

Supermicro bios upgrade

2014-09-11 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Hello, Normally I buy Supermicro servers. Updating the bios works most of the time fine with the program Flashrom. [1] But now I have bought a type what is not supported by Flashrom. Because of that the program asks with type of programmer to use, and presents a list. But I don't know which one t

Re: Gateway P-7805u Any success - install & using debian on this laptop? Bios upgrade procedure?

2009-03-20 Thread Daryl Styrk
Mark Goldshtein wrote: a) AFAIR, Debian has a special mailing list fully deducated to laptops. That may be more useful. b) Try one of the Debian stable LiveCD, for example: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0-live/i386/iso-cd/debian-live-500-i386-gnome-desktop.iso and that will give you

Re: Gateway P-7805u Any success - install & using debian on this laptop? Bios upgrade? still need info

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:43 PM, tech lists wrote: > Before spending over $1000 on this laptop I'm just trying to confirm > that linux (hopefully debian) works with it. [...] Last Windows I've used > was 3.11/95sr2/98SE.  I'm finished with Windows. > Just trying to protect my money for an expens

Re: Gateway P-7805u Any success - install & using debian on this laptop? Bios upgrade procedure?

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM, tech lists wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed & used Debian on either this > (P-7805u) or the simiilar 7811 Gateway laptops?  I'm having trouble > finding any success stories on Google ( or this mailing list, or the > debian-laptop mailing list, or linux la

Re: Gateway P-7805u Any success - install & using debian on this laptop? Bios upgrade? still need info

2009-03-20 Thread tech lists
On 3/20/09, Daryl Styrk wrote: > tech lists wrote: >> Has anyone successfully installed & used Debian on either this >> (P-7805u) or the simiilar 7811 Gateway laptops? I'm having trouble >> finding any success stories on Google ( or this mailing list, or the >> debian-laptop mailing list, or linu

Re: Gateway P-7805u Any success - install & using debian on this laptop? Bios upgrade procedure?

2009-03-20 Thread Daryl Styrk
tech lists wrote: Has anyone successfully installed & used Debian on either this (P-7805u) or the simiilar 7811 Gateway laptops? I'm having trouble finding any success stories on Google ( or this mailing list, or the debian-laptop mailing list, or linux laptops website) for these laptops or any

Gateway P-7805u Any success - install & using debian on this laptop? Bios upgrade procedure?

2009-03-20 Thread tech lists
Has anyone successfully installed & used Debian on either this (P-7805u) or the simiilar 7811 Gateway laptops? I'm having trouble finding any success stories on Google ( or this mailing list, or the debian-laptop mailing list, or linux laptops website) for these laptops or any Gateway FX laptops (

Asrock K8NF6G-VSTA BIOS upgrade warning - forcedeth fails

2007-07-25 Thread William Cooper
Hello all, just a heads up on a problem I had. I build a small Debian Stable i386 media server on a Asrock K8NF6G-VSTA motherboard running BIOS version P1.2, everything worked well, until i flashed the BIOS up to version 1.6. That's when the forcedeth driver began complaining about bad MAC and ass

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/20/06 10:38, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-12-02 16:14:58, schrieb Douglas Tutty: >> I've only done it once and that was on my new Asus M2N-SLI that has a >> bios utility built right in to allow you to save the bios and update a >> new one.

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-12-03 08:32:18, schrieb John Hasler: > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > When _does_ the licence on things like an old dos floppy expire > > In the US, 95 years from date of first publication or 120 years from date > of creation: whichever comes first. But only, if the Software is official support

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-12-02 16:14:58, schrieb Douglas Tutty: > I've only done it once and that was on my new Asus M2N-SLI that has a > bios utility built right in to allow you to save the bios and update a > new one. No dos required at all, just the bios image on a floppy or USB > stick (or on a MS partition on

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-03 Thread John Hasler
Douglas Tutty wrote: > When _does_ the licence on things like an old dos floppy expire In the US, 95 years from date of first publication or 120 years from date of creation: whichever comes first. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Douglas Tutty wrote: On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:35:07AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I need to upgrade my BIOS. Generally it seems to involve getting freedos and putting it on a floppy with the updates. Googling isn't clear on recent reports. Has anyone done this lately and specifical

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-02 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:35:07AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I need to upgrade my BIOS. > > Generally it seems to involve getting freedos and putting it on a floppy > with the updates. > > Googling isn't clear on recent reports. > > Has anyone done this lately and specifically ho

Re: BIOS upgrade

2006-12-02 Thread Grok Mogger
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I need to upgrade my BIOS. Generally it seems to involve getting freedos and putting it on a floppy with the updates. Googling isn't clear on recent reports. Has anyone done this lately and specifically how? Thanks! Hugo Usually when I've upgraded a BIOS, th

BIOS upgrade

2006-12-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I need to upgrade my BIOS. Generally it seems to involve getting freedos and putting it on a floppy with the updates. Googling isn't clear on recent reports. Has anyone done this lately and specifically how? Thanks! Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: Hard disk forces BIOS upgrade - but can I use it safely before upgrading ?

2000-01-12 Thread Robert Waldner
at least linux doesn´t use the bios´ detections, so you can use the whole harddisk with it, just remember that the partition you want to boot from has to be within the first 1024 cylinders, so you may want to partition you drive something like /dev/hda1 10 mb /boot /dev/hda2 x mb win95 and

Re: Hard disk forces BIOS upgrade - but can I use it safely before upgrading ?

2000-01-12 Thread aphro
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Jim B wrote: jamesb >The Award BIOS on my motherboard (Asus) also only saw 8.4 GB of my Maxtor jamesb >DiamondMax 17.2 GB disk. Fortunately, LILO didn't care. i had a machine recently stop detecting disk drives alltogether, but still! the kernel still was able to detect and

Re: Hard disk forces BIOS upgrade - but can I use it safely before upgrading ?

2000-01-12 Thread aphro
;may not be able to address the whole drive without reformatting it when paul >I get the BIOS upgrade. paul > paul >This (possibly irrational) fear stems from a lack of knowledge of disk paul >/ BIOS interaction and an acquaintenceship with Sod's Law. paul > paul >Can som

Re: Hard disk forces BIOS upgrade - but can I use it safely before upgrading ?

2000-01-12 Thread Paul J. Keenan
Success ! I've now got all 10.2Gb available. I had tried to R the FM and came up with nothing, but I went back for another look and found (the excellent) Large-Disk.txt.gz. (It was tucked away in the mini subdirectory) It gave me confidence that Linux should be able to use the full disk ev

Re: Hard disk forces BIOS upgrade - but can I use it safely before upgrading ?

2000-01-12 Thread Jim B
t; extra 1.8Gb at a later date when the new BIOS arrives without losing > my data ? Personally I wouldn't worry about it all, and I wouldn't bother getting a BIOS upgrade. :) (Unless there are other compelling reasons to do so.) The Award BIOS on my motherboard (Asus) also only saw

Hard disk forces BIOS upgrade - but can I use it safely before upgrading ?

2000-01-11 Thread Paul J. Keenan
t my Award BIOS will only address a maximum of 8.4Mb. I'm looking for a replacement BIOS and will buy & fit it ASAP. But I am worried that if I divide up & start using the hard disk now that I may not be able to address the whole drive without reformatting it when I get the B

Re: BIOS upgrade

1999-05-27 Thread tjm
Try this site for some BIOS and motherboard info. http://www.ping.be/bios/ -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: BIOS upgrade

1999-05-27 Thread Jean-Yves Barbier
Michael Wahl wrote: > > Hi ! > > I have a non Linux question this time: I got another board (FX) with a > nearly 4 year old BIOS. I tried to get a upgrade from AWARD / UNICORE, but > until now (one week after I started the mails), there is still no response. > Is anybody out there who can help me

BIOS upgrade

1999-05-27 Thread Michael Wahl
Hi ! I have a non Linux question this time: I got another board (FX) with a nearly 4 year old BIOS. I tried to get a upgrade from AWARD / UNICORE, but until now (one week after I started the mails), there is still no response. Is anybody out there who can help me? The board number is: 02/02/96