[Novalug] Broken fan control Compaq 6910p
Stuart Gathman
stuart@gathman.org
Mon Jun 29 00:20:37 EDT 2015
On 06/28/2015 09:43 PM, Roger W. Broseus wrote:
> Stuart:
>
> Maybe create a bootable usb drive with DOS on it using Linux? I've done it
> and ran the dos executable from there.
>
> I can't recall the utility that I used but see some tips by googling
>
> create bootable dos usb
>
> and find
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
>
> Good ruck.
Created bootable Freedos disk. Running the HP BIOS updater util
(Rompaq.exe) gets an illegal instruction error. It is apparently not
compatible with regular Freedos. I tried the flashrom linux utility -
but it detects a proprietary controller on this laptop that cannot be
used in a normal OS (can't even read the ROM). Why they can't just
provide a bootable diskette or CD image is beyond me.
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