Re: RE: Presario DANGER

Hi!

quoted

All the Compaq Presario's are in danger without ACPI. This is confirmed by new 
HP. (They d'ont feel to be responcible as always in certain companies. Make 
something, sell it and then so0rry c'ant help you)

That means you cannot even run DOS on that laptop or any software which
disables interrupts for a long time thus stopping ACPI running. It also
means it is not a PC compatible system. So its not even safe to boot
your old PC games on, not even Doom

I'm under the impression ACPI requires proper thermal protection
too.

Its there:

When the heat reaches the temperature indicated by _CRT, the OS must
immediately shutdown the system.
The system must disable the power either after the temperature reaches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
some hardware-determined level above
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_CRT or after a predetermined time has passed. Before disabling power,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
platform designers should incorporate
some time that allows the OS to run its critical shutdown
operation. There is no requirement for a minimum
shutdown operation window that commences immediately after the
temperature reaches _CRT.  This is
because
*  Heat might rise rapidly in some systems and slower on others,
depending on casing design and
    environmental factors.
*  Shutdown can take several minutes on a server and only a few short
seconds on a hand-held device.
Because of this indistinct discrepancy and the fact that a critical
heat situation is a remarkably rare occurrence,
ACPI does not specify a target window for a safe shutdown. It is
entirely up to the OEM to build in a safe
buffer that it sees fit for the target platform.


								Pavel
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