From: Jonathan M. M. <jon...@cm...> - 2008-10-09 17:18:02
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fyi... It seems that the HP Compaq dc7800 does _not_ include a reset button either. -Jon Jonathan M. McCune wrote: > Hal Finney wrote: >> When Trusted Execution was announced, 3 models of computers were >> identified as supporting it: The HP Compaq dc7800, Dell OptiPlex 755 >> PC, and the Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p. I don't know of any others that >> have been added to that list since then. >> > > Does anybody know whether the HP or Lenovo systems include a reset > button? At least the Ultra Slim Form Factor Optiplex 755s have no reset > button, meaning that debugging a system hang requires a power cycle that > clears LT.ERRORCODE, making debugging substantially more difficult. > > > Alternatively, does anybody know another way to trigger a reset on one > of these systems? I'm told that there is a CMOS reset byte, and that it > may be possible to write a value to it that causes the "soft" power > button on the Optiplex to cause a reset instead of a power off. I have > not investigated this yet, as I'd rather just get a different machine. > > > Thanks, > -Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > tboot-devel mailing list > tbo...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tboot-devel > |