jggimi
Thanks again for your help. I will try the soft updates later today. I will post if it made the difference.
ocicat
here is the link for the trick.
http://freebsdhints.blogspot.com/201...n-freebsd.html
I have not tried it. I will install FreeBSD on my Thinkpad T23 and see if it works. It is not important if it works or not ...just curiosity.