From: /m 


I was wondering tha tmyself, as the E1405 is the notebook I recently purchassed.

 /m

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:21:46 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>Great, wonder how long it will be before some virus uses this.
>
>Geo.
>
>"John Beamish"  wrote in message
>news:op.tigtuncwm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> The bug relates to a corruption of the real-time-clock.  If it manifests
>> itself then your Dell won't even POST.  The issue, when it happens, is so
>> serious that the only recovery is to remove the clock battery, wait a
>> while, reinstall the battery and reboot.
>>
>> Here's a link to the bug reported in Ubuntu
>>
>https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/43745
>>
>> Here's a (truly NSFW) reaction from someone who happened across it
>>
>http://www.respectsakura.org/2006/11/04/my-two-word-review-of-ubuntu-linux/
>

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