From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752314AbXACAkm (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:40:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752426AbXACAkm (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:40:42 -0500 Received: from ns2.lanforge.com ([66.165.47.211]:60814 "EHLO ns2.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752314AbXACAkl (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:40:41 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 2115 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:40:41 EST Message-ID: <459AF345.3080508@candelatech.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:05:25 -0800 From: Ben Greear Organization: Candela Technologies User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel Subject: FWA7304 VIA C3 system work-around for power-off bug. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Older versions of the iBase FWA7304 BIOS have a bug that causes the system to use way too much power when you run 'init 0', causing the power brick to burn out after about 3 hours. The fix for this is to get an updated BIOS from the manufacturer: IB798F-T2-CP1A-1229 The problem still happens if you enable ACPI, but at least it seems fixed if you disable ACPI. Hope this helps someone! Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com