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My computer burn in hell !

My K7S5A motherboard (w/ a Athlon on) burn on fire last week. I don’t know why, when i come back home (after work), i found a blanc screen, try to reboot but nothing.. Damm
I looked a this closer yesterday.. and yes some chipset on the motherboard have burn .. So i need to buy another [...]

admin June 27th, 2004

Linux APM (Suspend to disc) on a Dell Inspiron / Latitude

This is a quick introduction to the Linux suspend to disc on Dell Inspiron / Latitude. This tips should work on Inspiron 3800 to 8200, and Latitude C serie. (all phoenix bios shipped w/ a Dell computer in fact)
There is two kind of suspend in APM:

suspend to disc
suspend to RAM

Suspend to RAM:
This is the easier [...]

admin March 22nd, 2004

Installing Debian on a Dell Latitude D400

Contents

Introduction

Latitude D400

Base Installation
Finishing the install
X / Sound / PCMCIA / ACPI

XFree
Sound
PCMCIA
ACPI

About

Introduction
At my work, some people have bought some D400 laptop to use Linux.
During the installation, we run into various issues. This short
document try to explain, how we managed to have a working Debian
on this.
For various reasons, we want to use a debian and this [...]

admin February 28th, 2004