[nylug-talk] 2.6 kernel, USB card reader, and ACPI woes

[Alexander L. Belikoff]

Alexander L. Belikoff wrote:
> Peter C. Norton wrote:
>   
>> Have you tried to upgrade the BIOS on your system? ACPI issues are
>> often cured this way, as well as USB issues (i.e. a server I tested
>> had timing issues in waiting for devices to re-set, the only fix was
>> to not have certian keyboards plugged in at start-up).
>>     
>
> I think I have the most recent "production" version of firmware. I'll
> check again, just in case. My motherboard is not that new (ASUS p4p-800
> Deluxe - about 4 years old), so it's not like ASUS is actively producing
> BIOS updates for it...
>
>   

Sometimes biting the bullet does help. I've decided to try the 'beta'
1021.006 firmware for my mobo (released by ASUS about one year ago and
still in beta) and it introduced ACPI 2.0 support in BIOS. Turning the
latter on cured all my lock-up woes. :-)

Thanks for the advice,

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