FC2 won't boot on battery!!
Dave Oxley
dave at daveoxley.co.uk
Tue Nov 23 19:21:31 UTC 2004
I've worked out why FC2 won't boot while my laptop is running on
battery. It appears it will boot if a CD/DVD is in the DVD drive, but
won't boot if the drive is empty!! Anyone have any ideas on this?
Dave.
Steve Fink wrote:
>Dave,
>
>Check the BIOS settings on Power Management. The Inspiron 8600 has
>Intel Speedstep Technology enabled by default. That means that on
>battery power the processor runs at half speed. Try setting the bios to
>leave the processor at full speed on battery and see how that goes.
>
>Best,
>
>Steve
>
>
>
>On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 16:05 +0100, Dave Oxley wrote:
>
>
>>I have FC2 (with all updates) installed on an Inspiron 8600. The machine
>>works fine when plugged into the mains but will not boot when running on
>>betteries. It gets to 'Setting up local disks' and hangs. Does anyone
>>know how I can solve this?
>>
>>Cheers.
>>Dave.
>>
>>
>
>
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