Hey everyone, I have a no-name laptop that keeps overheating, I'm in need of a BIOS update.
I need the update as I am not able to enable Intel SpeedStep on the machine, I'm on Debian and the output from cat /proc/cpuinfo is blank where it says Power Management. This is with a Pentium M 755 2.0ghz CPU, which most certainly has SpeedStep enabled. Trying to load the speedstep_centrino module fails, as well as everything else I've tried for months now.
In Windows, I only tried XP, the outcome is the same, no cpu-throttling. As a result, the fan is always on and CPU temps are 65-60C when idle.
I have come to believe the problem is caused by a buggy BIOS that somehow fails to supply the OS with information on what kind of cpu-throttling is supported.
Here is everything I know about the machine:
Text on motherboard:
MB05T-MB05TMB VER 03
50-70851-02
10/03/2003
From debian hwinfo:
Phoenix Technologies LTD
rev: 0.4A-3181-0812
date: 06/21/2004
Montara System SV/CR Board
rev: A0
chipset: Intel 855GM Montara-GM
part number: 82855GM (GMCH)
CPU:
Intel ID: 0x6d6
Family 6
Model 13
Stepping 6
Any help in locating a BIOS update is greatly appreciated.
No-name laptop, Phoenix BIOS, MB05T-MB05TMB VER 03 - 50-7085
Thank you very much, but I'm afraid there are no BIOS updates released from the manufacturer. I know it sounds stupid, but how impossible would it be to update using a BIOS from another manufacturer, as long as I'm using a PhoenixBIOS for my chipset?
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The only possible source of info would be Advent. Laptop "manufacturers" that are using OEM boards usually try and hide that fact as good as possible. Often a board is specially build for one or more "manufacturers" with the original factory not releasing a model themselves (Mitac is good at this). So, I'm sorry to say, if Advent never released an upgrade, that is it.
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