DoppelFish,

I have tried what you said and setup a dualscreen and it both layouts work. However, I still get low refresh rates on the external monitor

So this is a no go

Thanks any way for the tip.

Any other takers?

Also try out the following program powernowd - this seems to suggest that it only works for amd processors but this is not so. It will work with any kernel that suppports sysfs and the cpufreq stuff all you need to verify is if the speedstep-centrino is loaded and cpufreq-userspace. If so then power...

Dear Mack, No it is not possible that linux suddenly modifies the embedded controller. Are you running a dual boot? Windows and Linux? if so did you recently modify any settings in windows? Or does the machine display the same noisy fan under windows. I'm thinking hardwre problem. Temperature sensor...

Dear All, I hope someone can give me hints on how to do this. I mean, I have it running, but the refresh rate is terrible. The primary display on my A30p is a UXGA flat panel @ 60 Hz vertical refresh rate. The external monitor I'm using can to 1600x1200 @ 88 Hz vertical refresh. It is an IIyama Visi...

Actually I would find it very disturbing.

Does the same problem appear on an external display? If so it is propably not related problems with the LCD panel and I would definatly have ibm service tha machine.

Khamsin

I KNOW This is an issue with the Entire A30x series. I do not know what is wrong with them. Soon I'll be on my fourth mainboard currently on my third which had an issue upon return from the service centre with the firewire port. Since repair took 7 weeks I said hey order the parts when they are avai...

I cannot vote on this. I do not use windows at all. Colleagues at work call the XP style Telly Tubby Windows which seems to be a reference to a TV show for Children by the BBC (I think.)

So, I am indefferent to this one why not epand vote with the I couldn't care less option?

Khamsin

Try Looking in the bios. I vaguely recall that the beep could be configured there.

I find the beep useful. I do not always have music playing when I raise or lower the volume. Audible feedback is IMO good.

Khamsin

I don't know what you hit, I do know, that the volume control can be configured to beep at you when changing volume, it beeps at the relative volume you are setting.

Khamsin

Sandy, It was my pleasure to be of assistance. Personally I use a commercial Xerver on my A30p (summit platinum by XIG, http://www.xig.com , this is not a plug but at the time XFree86 did not support my chipset.) FWIW the Xorg server is a fork of XFree86. That means IMO that the Xorg server suffers ...

Sandy, I said (sorry to be pedantic) that I was contributing to the ibm-acpi project which is not the same in my mind as submitting :). I test feature support on the A30p and report my findings. Regarding S3 suspend try the following http://www.stanford.edu/~sanjiv/thinkpad/thinkpad.html the site do...

Sandy, I have an A30p which obviously is different from your T42p. But why you would want an IBM recovery cd is beyond me. I have been happily running a debian unstable on my A30p since I got it 2.5 years ago. I still run the original windows installation for bios upgrades etc, etc, etc. I also stil...

Yeah, I find that the A3x series has more than one flaw. The video card is definately a weakness on these machines. My mobo has been replaced twice, the second time it came back working as new. Apart from the fact that the firewire port did not work (and still does not) I have a repair call running ...

Stangbandel, The way you phrased your problem leads me to conclude the following: I can't play music off a CD if I do not insert a DVD. That leads me to conclude that you have two units a cd-rom/cd-writer and a dvd-player. Questions: Is my assumption above correct? If so does that mean you cannot pl...

James, I guess nosmoke.exe is not compatible with your monitor VEG (very evil grin) (I guess the emoticons don't support this one.) No seriously. I was certain it wouldn't work. It never hurts to try and get this sort of error cleared up. I'm hoping the person whom received the advice also frequents...

I thought as much. On another site though they said, to paraphrase, yes go ahead and do it, let us know what happens. Brrrr... I shudder. I hope that the person whom received that advice did not follow up on it.

Khamsin

Ummm, I just read in a forum on another site that a processor from the A31p may actually fit (likely since form factor is the same) and work (this I find questionable as the A30p uses pIII mobile and the A31 pIV mobile.) If I am mistaken then I would really like to hear from others who have tried th...

To open, What thinkpad are you using? What linux kernel does your version of yoper use? What type of connectivity are you using ethernet, wifi, bluetooth, etc? I have never used yoper, however, the link you supplied does not work i.e. I cannot research whether your problem is inimical to yoper and y...

Always use certified RAM. There is no percentage in using the cheap stuff if you really, really, really depend on your machine. The extra pleasure you get from certified RAM is usually not readily apparent (i.e. the machine does not crash, it simply works.) The price you pay for uncertified ram is o...

As far as I know all A3x machines have two bays. Does the same error occur if you use the other bay? The one I have fits on both sides. Possibly the connector on one bay is bad and trashes/breaks the drive or, the connector on that side could be faulty. If you still have warranty on the machine take...

My guess is that it will require warranty work. Clearly something is either loose or downright broken inside. I have an A30p which has just had its mainboard replaced (video related issue) and came back with a non-functional firewire port. Actually it does function. Opening the A30p removing the car...

If you use is as a USB device it will run out of the box. For firewire you will need to rescan the scsi bus. LaCie is usually a mac shop so they partition their disks in mac format. You may need to repartition your drive. I am using a 320 GB firewire (USB2 also supported, but who wants to use that) ...

After a bios upgrade it is always advisable to load system defaults. All bios updates carry their own system defaults. Certain function need different setting after an upgrade. Failure to do so faulty (old) parameters might still be in place. A major source of trouble is the ACPI bios that many lapt...

Lori, Good luck, on the A30 board I would say forget it. I handed in my A30p Laptop for repair to IBM (still warranty covered) on August 17th 2004 recieved it back October 7th 2004. Weekly nagging after 3 weeks did not help to expedite matters. The A30 is out of production and I believe ther is a de...

I don't know about the A31 or the T40 I have, however, been using an A30p for 2.5 years now. Luckily I got the everything including the kitchen sink version that includes a 3 years warranty. I have had occassion to use call on this twice. In both cases IBM had to replace mainboard because of a faili...