Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched.

[Astrodog]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:59:59 -0500, bsdnooby <bsdnooby at optonline.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I try to install FreeBSD, my brand new HP Pavilion laptop turns
> itself off.  It does not matter if I use 4.x or 5.x, CD or floppies.
> There is no error log since it just shuts off after I choose to load a
> kernel.  I have tried loading with ACPI off, and it does not help.  I
> believe I tried all the kernel options available from the menu on 5.x.
> 
> The computer is a HP Pavilion zv5445us, with 512MB RAM, P4-3Ghz, 100GB
> HD, 15.4" Hi-Def Screen, 54G 802.11b WLAN.  I purchased it from Best Buy.
> 
> Under Windows, it appears Hyper-Threading is turned on, and I have not
> found a way to turn it off inside the CMOS.
> 
> The machine runs Windows XP Pro fine, but I am trying to switch to
> FreeBSD on all my boxen.  I was really surprised to find this one
> abruptly shutdown when trying to do the install.  It turns off before
> the install really starts, so I do not have much information to solve
> this problem.  The HD is never touched.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
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Just on a whim, try the R3000Z patches to see if they fix this. I've
heard rumors that the issue extends past the AMD64 Compaqs and HPs. I
think there's an ISO out there with most of them merged.

Assuming this relates to P4s, as well as the AMD64s, once again, I
think we should consider this a -mobile problem, not an -amd64 one.

--- Harrison Grundy