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Plus, I have too many clients with hinge problems on HP/Compaq laptops.
It seems to span a wide array of models. They all replaced them with
ThinkPads and have been very happy. 

OK, they lust after the Compaq 1100 tablet PC I showed up with.  :) 
Wish it weren't so top heavy in laptop mode.

On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 11:10, Geoffrey wrote:
> A disturbing message from HP/Compaq regarding the use of Linux.  This is 
> from the prism54 email list:
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Prism54-users] Re:  interrupt trouble
> Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:10:04 -0500
> From: Jim Coker <coker at freescale.com>
> To: prism54-users at prism54.org
> 
> Last month I posted about interrupt confusion on my laptop when
> I insert/remove my WG511 card.  Since then I have found (w/ Dave
> Hinds' help) that the root issue appears to be the BIOS on my
> HP/COMPAQ Presario 2140US laptop.  There are BIOS upgrades
> available, but only for Windows boxes (comes w/ DLLs & other
> hooks into Windows & no apparent way to upgrade the BIOS directly.)
> 
> I finally got the following in an email from HP/COMPAQ:
> 
> "The Presario product line was developed for home users utilizing
> Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and Windows XP Home operating systems.
> HP does not recommend the installation of other operating system
> in the Presario."
> 
> My strong recommendation is to NOT try to use the WG511 with the
> Prism54 driver on a COMPAQ Presario 2140US machine, & probably not
> on any Presario 2100 series machine at all, unless you are willing
> to operate in a dual-boot mode.
> 
> -- Jim Coker
> 
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