Becareful though, he might have to also add the irqdebug and/or noirqpoll. From what i've read from the woes I've had installing Ubuntu on my laptop, noacpi can disable usb hot switching. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=016cab022253525d0c457042d21c2c36&t=458164
I may be wrong, i'm trying Linux for the first time right now too.
In reply to: "Ubuntu Linux: Built-in apps get an "A", wireless support an "F""
January 4, 2008
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