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[Aliaksei Stratsilatau <indelay@xxxxxxxxx>]

Right, the same way it worked for me too..

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Julius <jdonnert@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i just noticed yesterday, that to make the Nvidia chipset and the little
> LED
> next to the stamina/speed switch work, it is enough for me to try to
> _install_ WinXP.
> I booted from a WinXP 2nd service pack CD i got from a friend and ran
> the
> installer until it blue screened, which is pretty early in the
> installation
> process, after like 3 minutes or so. Then i did a soft reboot pressing
> the power button and the LED was
> working and i got  nvidia-glx-177 installed and working in ubuntu and
> had the
> chip working beautifully.
> All this without haveing _any_ installation of WinXP on the PC or any
> Sony
> driver installed (the package is like 1Gb)
>
> If i understand this behaviour correctly, it means, that you don't need
> a
> special driver from Sony to make the switch work, but it might be some
> BIOS
> or ACPI routine that is in WinXP by default.
>
> Can other ppl please confirm this ? just boot from a winxp cd and run
> the
> installer until the bluescreen appears. It doesnt even get to the point
> where
> you have to choose the partition to install...
> Cheers
>
> Julius
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