When I got my Spectre x360 back in 2016, I booted it into the Windows 10 it came with, played a bit around and then decided to put Linux on it. So I took a backup of all partitions, repartitioned the whole SSD and went on with Linux. Of course, I found a way to… Read More »
The LED in the mute key doesn’t work out of the box. To enable it, add a file /etc/modprobe.d/hp-spectre.conf with the following contents: After a reboot, the LED should light up when the audio is muted. (Source: wiki.archlinux.org)
To get an idea about the current status of your batteries, there are a few apps available: To install, unpack the downloaded zip file and transfer the files to the SD card. With the SD card in the HP 50g, use the integrated file manager to move them to the FLASH folder. Then reboot the… Read More »
The original firmware in the HP 50g emulates a Saturn CPU like the HP 48 and HP 49 had. However, the built-in ARM920T processor has more power than the Saturn. And now there’s a firmware to unleash the power: newRPL Project homepage It’s very usable at this point, but not all features are implemented yet.… Read More »
The default key debouncing wait time in the HP 50g is very long so that it misses lots of keypresses when typing fast. E.g. when typing 500 the calculator only registers 50. This behaviour is controlled by the KEYTIME setting. The KEYTIME setting specifies the number of processor ticks, any further keypresses are ignored after… Read More »
BIOS updates are actually done via the hidden HP_TOOLS service partition which you can get to by pressing F2 after switching on the notebook or from the Startup Menu. The update you download from the hp service page merely copies the new BIOS files to that partition. However, if you deleted that partition or switched… Read More »
Endless feeding If the printer starts feeding a blank page between 2 printed pages or is endlessly feeding blank pages instead of printing something, you might have the problems mentioned in this forum. The printer has two coils in the paper cartridge which pull a metal sheet for recognizing the end of a sheet. There… Read More »