Scaleo T -> BIOS Screenshots

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last edited: 10 Feb 2005

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10-Feb-2005 Update :

I received a new BIOS Version (V 1.72 from Fujitsu-Siemens Support)

Now it boots from USB Stick and from Compact Flash Card (CF-Card) but with some limitations:

Full story -> here

03-Jan-2005 The story behind all this:

The Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo T (with an OEM Mainboard MSI 7058) doesn't boot from USB Stick.

If you connect an USB stick (no matter what USB port) you cannot select it as a Boot Device (see 104.jpg)

That's because the built in Card-Reader "blocks" all the 4 available places in the Boot options dialog with USB: Generic STORAGE DEVICE

If you disconnect the card-reader the USB stick shows up. (see 118.jpg)

So, that's clearly a bug in the BIOS.

But, even if you disconnect the card-reader and select the USB stick as a boot device the machine will not boot from the USB stick (see boot-scaleo.AVI)

I tested this with 2 different USB sticks.

They boot 2 of my machines (DELL Notebook and a PC with ASUS Mainboard) just fine (see boot-notebook.AVI) but they cannot boot the Scaleo T.

That's clearly another Bug in the BIOS.

Fujitsu-Siemens Computers (FSC) offers two BIOS version for public download (see below) but neither version let's you boot from USB stick.