topic laptop error in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1579#M81407 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an fe21b laptop and keep getting this error message in event viewer. <BR /> <BR />Details <BR />Product: Windows Operating System <BR />Event ID: 1 <BR />Source: ACPIEC <BR />Version: 5.2 <BR />Symbolic Name: ACPIEC_ERR_WATCHDOG <BR />Message: %1: The embedded controller (EC) hardware didn't respond within the timeout period. This may indicate an error in the EC hardware or firmware, or possibly a poorly designed BIOS which accesses the EC in an unsafe manner. The EC driver will retry the failed transaction if possible. <BR /> I have installed all the latest drivers and bios to no avail. <BR /> <BR /> <BR />I would be very grateful if anyone could shed some light on this.<BR /> Regards<BR /> David<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:11:05 GMT oldnewbie 2007-02-22T14:11:05Z laptop error https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1579#M81407 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an fe21b laptop and keep getting this error message in event viewer. <BR /> <BR />Details <BR />Product: Windows Operating System <BR />Event ID: 1 <BR />Source: ACPIEC <BR />Version: 5.2 <BR />Symbolic Name: ACPIEC_ERR_WATCHDOG <BR />Message: %1: The embedded controller (EC) hardware didn't respond within the timeout period. This may indicate an error in the EC hardware or firmware, or possibly a poorly designed BIOS which accesses the EC in an unsafe manner. The EC driver will retry the failed transaction if possible. <BR /> I have installed all the latest drivers and bios to no avail. <BR /> <BR /> <BR />I would be very grateful if anyone could shed some light on this.<BR /> Regards<BR /> David<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:11:05 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1579#M81407 oldnewbie 2007-02-22T14:11:05Z Re: laptop error https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1581#M81408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Your BIOS might have been damaged in some way. I would contact VAIO Link about this.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:41:42 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1581#M81408 kee-lo_ 2007-02-22T14:41:42Z Re: laptop error https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1584#M81409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you, will do. ps cheers for the quick reply<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:08:52 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1584#M81409 oldnewbie 2007-02-22T15:08:52Z Re: laptop error https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1587#M81410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><BR /> <BR />Source: ACPIEC <BR /><BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />That's very close to my user name, and hence my name :smileymonkey:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:09:02 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1587#M81410 apierc1 2007-02-22T17:09:02Z Re: laptop error https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1588#M81411 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Made me smile but doesn't help much with the problem I'm afraid.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:21:13 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1588#M81411 oldnewbie 2007-02-22T19:21:13Z Re: laptop error https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1589#M81412 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Thank you, will do. ps cheers for the quick reply<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />No problem, and good luck <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@1837282633F7D851EFAC7B2CD4059142/images/smilies/113.png" alt=":four_leaf_clover:" title=":four_leaf_clover:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:35:02 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/laptop-error/m-p/1589#M81412 kee-lo_ 2007-02-22T19:35:02Z