[ltp] Re: X61s and fan speed < level 1

[Peter Lemken]

On Monday 31 March 2008 15:35:01 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> Lenovo's summary of changes is far more like a "things we remembered to let
> you know we fixed" than anything.  They are NOT complete.  Your BIOS is
> very old, if you want any bug reports re. the BIOS/EC to be acted upon, you
> will have to update them.

How does one file bug reports with Lenovo?


root@localhost~> hwinfo --framebuffer
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
  [Created at bios.447]
  Unique ID: rdCR.il6towt04X5
  Hardware Class: framebuffer
  Model: "Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS 
Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Controller"
  Vendor: "Intel Corporation"
  Device: "Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Controller"
  SubVendor: "Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA 
BIOS"
  SubDevice:
  Revision: "Hardware Version 0.0"
  Memory Size: 7 MB + 704 kB
  Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xd07affff (rw)
  Mode 0x0366: 1280x800 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0367: 1280x800 (+2560), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0368: 1280x800 (+5120), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
  Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

With a 1400x1050 display this is pretty ridiculous and I consider it a bug in 
the video BIOS.

Peter Lemken