Posts by s0be

Ok, I've moved onto a new project on my Clevo/Alienware Area-51. My previous project: http://pat.erley.org/Other/P4EISTSSDT Came to it's natural completion, with full CPU Support on my mainboard(Except maybe C1E). Now I've moved...

Updated to include functional C1/C2... the ICH6/ICH6-R chipset doesn't support anything beyond C2, so all that is left is C1E (which might 'just work' with C1, still researching). So here's what I've accomplished so far(in order) ...

I have an alienware 7700 (old) notebook that I've upgraded to a P4 630. The new CPU supports things like C1E halt states, and EIST. Unfortunately, the Bios never supported such features. I've modified my SSDT and DSDT tables to...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn That's quite some work. How did you go about deciding what (entry) to add? Trial and error? cheers ... Scarily.... Reading the ACPI 4.0 Specs I nearly had an aneurysm...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Impressive project Thanks for sharing. cheers ... Thanks, just updated. Fixed HT CPU EIST. now both 'CPUs' change together... it WAS only working whenever the latest CPU was...

I just got done hacking the DSDT/SSDT Tables of this bios to have it advertise the EIST speeds for my p4-630 I added. I could find NO references on how to do this anywhere, so I wrote up a short howto. If Any of what I have written...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlienRod If you are still under warranty then I would suggest you try and ask for a new system. If not, sell it ASAP and get a new system. The 7700 was prone to problems from the beginning...

First, this is a rant, a venting if you will... Feel free to offer suggestions/comments/etc. Back in Febuary of 05, my boss offered to buy me a laptop. It was to be a negotiation for what I was going to get, and I went in with a...

I've been having these same issues with my 7700. I've replaced the HDs with sata ones, and tried imaging the drives from external enclosures onto other 2.5" HDs and used those to the same results. It looks like the same issue...

4x 1gb, or 2x 1gb and 2x 512mb dimms would produce the same result as 2x 2gb in a 7700m.