Hi fellows,
As a long FreeBSD user shortly after getting this "i5-520M Dual Core processor + ATI 5650 switchable graphics" based laptop (model: 14t-1000) I let FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso take the entire 500GB disk.
Partition repopulating seemed to go well and then suddenly the laptop went blank. Rebooting indicated (through 4 caps lock LED blinking) malfunctioning of the graphic controller. I thought it was this particular laptop problem so I ordered an exchange.
Lo and behold, the new laptop failed in exactly the same way. I am not giving up on FreeBSD, going to find another laptop instead, but this incident is quite troubling.
Interestingly, before the second laptop failed I had Kubuntu Live CD running well on it, but I am not a Linux guy.
It seems that FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso is doing something dangerous during the install... or I have a defective FreeBSD DVD... or...
Anyway, I thought that this story may be of interest to this forum and future googlers.
Enoch.
As a long FreeBSD user shortly after getting this "i5-520M Dual Core processor + ATI 5650 switchable graphics" based laptop (model: 14t-1000) I let FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso take the entire 500GB disk.
Partition repopulating seemed to go well and then suddenly the laptop went blank. Rebooting indicated (through 4 caps lock LED blinking) malfunctioning of the graphic controller. I thought it was this particular laptop problem so I ordered an exchange.
Lo and behold, the new laptop failed in exactly the same way. I am not giving up on FreeBSD, going to find another laptop instead, but this incident is quite troubling.
Interestingly, before the second laptop failed I had Kubuntu Live CD running well on it, but I am not a Linux guy.
It seems that FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso is doing something dangerous during the install... or I have a defective FreeBSD DVD... or...
Anyway, I thought that this story may be of interest to this forum and future googlers.
Enoch.