14-06-2025, 02:39 PM
A lot of bugs can be worked around by enabling certain kernel parameters, if you know what the issue is.
I've had issues with IOMMU settings and USB stuff sometimes, or having to force a specific video mode, and others.
I've played around with a lot of hardware configurations and there's some that Windows was never happy with either. Yes that was with older versions like 95/98, XP etc. I know it's not as bad now, but you can still get weird problems sometimes.
Sometimes it simply just came down to the BIOS being garbage, especially on cheap motherboards (PC Chips, Chaintech etc). I'd say the early BIOS on that HP fit into that category. There was nothing wrong with the hardware, even though it acted exactly like a hardware issue.
I've had issues with IOMMU settings and USB stuff sometimes, or having to force a specific video mode, and others.
I've played around with a lot of hardware configurations and there's some that Windows was never happy with either. Yes that was with older versions like 95/98, XP etc. I know it's not as bad now, but you can still get weird problems sometimes.
Sometimes it simply just came down to the BIOS being garbage, especially on cheap motherboards (PC Chips, Chaintech etc). I'd say the early BIOS on that HP fit into that category. There was nothing wrong with the hardware, even though it acted exactly like a hardware issue.