Comments on: Honey, I screwed up your laptop! http://freegeek.in/blog/2006/08/honey-i-screwed-up-your-laptop/ The Chronicles of Nerd-nia Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: nandu http://freegeek.in/blog/2006/08/honey-i-screwed-up-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-143 nandu Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:55:57 +0000 https://g33k.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/oops-something-screwed-my-laptop/#comment-143 I want to report a strange problem with a xps 1210 and find a solution. When ever the power source changes (batt to mains and mains to batt) the system freezes. I have noticed this with Kubuntu edgy live DVD and also installed on an external USB disk. Same behaviour with SUSE. I have noticed it during SUSE installation also just now. The systems were delivered in Dec 2006. This has been repeated on more than one system. No hardware defects, I have run the Dell diags. I have not checked this with installation on the internal hard disk. No such behaviour with the pre installed WinXP home. I want to report a strange problem with a xps 1210 and find a solution.
When ever the power source changes (batt to mains and mains to batt) the system freezes. I have noticed this with Kubuntu edgy live DVD and also installed on an external USB disk. Same behaviour with SUSE. I have noticed it during SUSE installation also just now. The systems were delivered in Dec 2006. This has been repeated on more than one system. No hardware defects, I have run the Dell diags. I have not checked this with installation on the internal hard disk. No such behaviour with the pre installed WinXP home.

]]> By: Anurag http://freegeek.in/blog/2006/08/honey-i-screwed-up-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Anurag Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:41:01 +0000 https://g33k.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/oops-something-screwed-my-laptop/#comment-141 BG, totally agree with you. My colleague in office is also getting same model - Dell XPS from bangalore delivered sometime this week. Looks like we'll have fun installing Ubuntu on it :) BG, totally agree with you.
My colleague in office is also getting same model – Dell XPS from bangalore delivered sometime this week. Looks like we’ll have fun installing Ubuntu on it :)

]]> By: Baishampayan http://freegeek.in/blog/2006/08/honey-i-screwed-up-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Baishampayan Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:30:03 +0000 https://g33k.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/oops-something-screwed-my-laptop/#comment-140 Anurag: The hardware is very new. Consider this, all the parts were marked June 2006 and the default BIOS date is May 2006! The problem is only with the newer generation of Dell machines. You have to give it the benefit of doubt. Anurag: The hardware is very new. Consider this, all the parts were marked June 2006 and the default BIOS date is May 2006! The problem is only with the newer generation of Dell machines. You have to give it the benefit of doubt.

]]> By: Anurag http://freegeek.in/blog/2006/08/honey-i-screwed-up-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Anurag Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:49:47 +0000 https://g33k.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/oops-something-screwed-my-laptop/#comment-142 /me a happy thinkpad user :-) /me a happy thinkpad user :-)

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