Keyboard freeze fix for os 650-656
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Fix to the January 2011 touchpad and keyboard problem <trac>10597</trac>.
You will need:
- a USB drive of at least 16 MB capacity,
- internet access on a computer other than the XO laptop,
- power,
- about ten minutes,
Prepare USB drive
Microsoft Windows
- insert the USB drive,
- create a folder boot on the USB drive,
- download http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/q2d14/bootfw.zip to the boot folder on the USB drive,
- eject the USB drive,
- go to the Upgrade Firmware section on this page.
Mac OS X
- insert the USB drive,
- switch tasks to Finder, display the USB drive, notice the name of the USB drive,
- create a folder boot on the USB drive,
- control-click on this link, select Download Linked File As ..., and a Save As dialog will appear,
- change Where to the name of the USB drive, usually Untitled, then click on the boot folder, then click on Save, the dialog will go away,
- switch tasks to Finder, display the USB drive,
- eject the USB drive,
- go to the Upgrade Firmware section on this page.
Linux - GNOME and Firefox
- insert the USB drive,
- create a boot folder on the USB drive,
- click on the this link, and a dialog window will appear asking you what you want done with the download,
- save the download to the USB drive in the boot folder,
- close the Downloads window,
- eject the USB drive,
- go to the Upgrade Firmware section on this page.
Linux - Terminal
cd /media/DRIVE wget http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/q2d14/bootfw.zip umount /media/DRIVE
Upgrade Firmware
- boot the laptop from the USB drive,
- you should see a message that the firmware has been upgraded successfully,
- turn off the laptop,
- remove the power cord,
- remove the battery,
- wait thirty (30) seconds,
- remove the USB drive,
- insert the battery and power cord,
- start the laptop and test it.
Problems
- if you do not see a message that the firmware has been upgraded successfully, check that the USB drive meets these conditions:
- it has a boot folder,
- there is a file bootfw.zip in the boot folder,
- the USB drive has a DOS MBR partition type rather than GPT, (try another drive),