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Fedora 14 (and MeeGo) makes BIOS hangs on HP 620 (1227 Views)
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BubuXP
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Registered: ‎11-04-2010
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Fedora 14 (and MeeGo) makes BIOS hangs on HP 620

I have a HP 620 notebook (WK350EA with F.05 BIOS), it comes with Suse Linux preinstalled.

I tried to install Win7 and it was OK, I tried other Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian) and they works well.

When I tried to install MeeGo via USB key, the BIOS remained blocked trying to search a boot device. I thought it was normal, as MeeGo is a netbook OS and possibly not compatible with notebooks.

 

But when I try to install Fedora 14 via CD, the BIOS hangs the same way as before (with the optical unit spinning always at full speed and the CAPS LOCK led flashing).

I checked the CD and it was ok (it boots on other PCs and MD5 matches)

I changed various option in the BIOS (UEFI type) but no luck.

I found also that MeeGo is based on Fedora.

 

Considering all those things, I think it's a BIOS problem that "crashes" with Fedora boot sector and it needs to be updated with a new working version (but a temporary workaround is also very appreciated).

 

Do I need to contact technical support to report this bug or someone will read it here?

Thanks.

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Honor Student
BubuXP
Posts: 2
Registered: ‎11-04-2010
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Re: Fedora 14 (and MeeGo) makes BIOS hangs on HP 620

if nobody cannot help me, someone could tell me where to get official support from HP? I searched but I cannot find an online form or an email for technical support...

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