Cower
10-26-2007, 06:45 AM
That about sums it up. I first noticed this when switching to power-saving mode using Turbo Gear, which crashed the machine with an IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL sort of error (I can't remember the specific words and I'd rather not crash it again to find out). Afterward, each time I attempted to boot Windows using the battery, I would get this same error. I've since uninstalled Turbo Gear since evidently it's not doing me any good.
There's a few different questions you have to ask in this sort of situation. Bear with me here, I'm slightly bugged by this and trying to be nice.
First: how does this get through testing? Are no tests performed when running on a battery? Please explain to me how you can not possibly notice that Windows will not boot when running on a battery with this machine. Ensuring a machine will run with a battery is pretty much a requirement for a laptop PC, so how in the world does this get by your testing?
Second: what can be done to resolve this? The machine itself is great when running on AC, but if I even attempt to use the battery then it might as well be a fancy brick. Is this a problem with the memory you've put in my machine? Is there a problem with ASUS's BIOS, based on what I've read elsewhere?
Third: have you made any effort to actually ensure this sort of thing doesn't happen to all the C90S machines you ship out?
Honestly, I'm a bit miffed that something like this showed up on my door step. It's like being given a fantastic car, but being limited to driving it in and out of your own driveway.
So what's there to do?
There's a few different questions you have to ask in this sort of situation. Bear with me here, I'm slightly bugged by this and trying to be nice.
First: how does this get through testing? Are no tests performed when running on a battery? Please explain to me how you can not possibly notice that Windows will not boot when running on a battery with this machine. Ensuring a machine will run with a battery is pretty much a requirement for a laptop PC, so how in the world does this get by your testing?
Second: what can be done to resolve this? The machine itself is great when running on AC, but if I even attempt to use the battery then it might as well be a fancy brick. Is this a problem with the memory you've put in my machine? Is there a problem with ASUS's BIOS, based on what I've read elsewhere?
Third: have you made any effort to actually ensure this sort of thing doesn't happen to all the C90S machines you ship out?
Honestly, I'm a bit miffed that something like this showed up on my door step. It's like being given a fantastic car, but being limited to driving it in and out of your own driveway.
So what's there to do?