Re: Power-off on shutdown -h

[Michael Mansour <micoots yahoo com>]

> > This issue has been discussed ad nauseum. 
> It's not Linux that's the
> > problem, it's a glitch in the BIOS'
> implementation of ACPI or a problem
> > with the IDE controller putting drives in a
> "standby" mode.  It only
> > occurs on some motherboard/BIOS
> combinations and Dell seems to be one
> > of the worst offenders, followed by some
> HP/Compaq product lines.  I've
> > seen it less often with AMI BIOSes.
> 
> That's to where my understanding got the last
> time I read about this issue...
> 
> > How do you fix it?  Make sure your BIOS is
> up to date.  If it is and
> > it still won't work, you're sort of out of
> luck.  Sorry.
> 
> ..and this is new. Sorry, but I am new not
> only to linux but to computers in general.
> Got my first machine (this Dell) less than
> two years ago. So: How do I make sure my BIOS
> is up to date?
> Thanks
> Martin

Dell have a handy way of doing this. Just goto
http://www.dell.com/support

Enter your service tag (or let the online system
detect it for you), go to downloads and you'll find
the latest updates to your machine based on that
service tag.

Very nice and clean way to do things.

Michael.


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