--- Doug White <dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Dorin H wrote: > > > I know that probably many machines (espeacially > old > > ones, like mine) fail to work with ACPI. > Nevertheless > > I would be happy to play with/test it, or at > least > > understand what happens, if I'll be able to make > it > > move. > > In your case, it is not supported in any way. I have sent the previous email in the hope that I could find more about "how" it is not supported:). I see it doesn't work for now :) > Don't > try to load ACPI since > it will never work, unless there is a BIOS update > for your system to, say, > add Win2k compatibility. > Ok, ok, according to this page, http://home.earthlink.net/~billselk/al440lx/bios.html the support for ACPI (partial, broken, or complete - I really want to find out) is supported from version 11 of the BIOS. My computer came with 11, but I hoped that the last release (18, that page is outdated) will support better the ACPI. It is just that I am tracking the current on this old machine, and of course I would like to try all the goodies :). Maybe do some testing one day:) Thanks again, /Dorin. > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power > to Serve > dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/Received on Wed Dec 17 2003 - 11:00:35 UTC
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