Ubuntu
hal-info package

  1. Bug #415023
  2. Comment #269

Comment 269 for bug 415023

Revision history for this message
Stephen Warren (srwarren) wrote :

For me, on a Wind U100, the BIOS upgrade DOES solve the problem, when I upgrade correctly.

* Upgrading using the method in comment 264 did NOT solve the problem for me. The BIOS setup screens claimed the new BIOS was installed, but I still had the problem.

* Upgrading the BIOS using FreeDOS on a USB memory stick, and MSI's own BIOS upgrade .exe file (included in the .zip you download containing the BIOS image) DID work for me. I notice that many command-line options are passed to the BIOS upgrade app by flash.bat, some of which tell the app to upgrade things other than the main BIOS image. FreeDOS on USB memory stick instructions from http://wiki.fdos.org/Installation/BootDiskCreateUSB.

* After the upgrade, I have just 5 (not 4) brightness levels; when at max/min brightness, you can press the brightness down/up hotkeys 4 times to get 4 *other* levels, so the original plus 4 others is 5.

* The GNOME app (system / preferences / power management) gives me 9 levels of brighness.

* Hence, something is still not quite right. However, at least the current situation is a lot less annoying.