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		__david__ on June 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newegg refuses to repair defective laptop because ... Yes it should. Blaming the OS is like blaming a userspace program for a kernel panic.

tedunangst on June 12, 2012 [–]

In the brave new world of ACPI, the OS tells the firmware "I'll take care of that, trust me, I know what I'm doing". Your computer starts with fans at full speed for this reason, but once the OS assumes control, it's in control.

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