Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:04:03PM +0100, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> On Monday 22 October 2001 22:10, Martin Skøtt wrote:
>
> > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random
> > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off).
> > > Nothing... Sometimes it works fine for a couple of hours, and sometimes
> > > he works only 45 Minutes... until complete Lock
> > > [...]
>
> > It sounds very much like the problems with my IBM T22. Very anoying. I
> > tried (on advice from this list) to disable SpeedStep, but it didn't help.
>
> There is a known problem with some exemplars of the Savage/IX-MV chip
> which results in locking completely under X.
This looks very interesting. When I think about it most, if not all, of my
crashes has happened while scrolling. I have added the option to my X
configuration and enabled SpeedStep (setting it to the value the machine was
delivered with). I will return in a couple of days if it shows any sign of
improvement.
--
Martin Skøtt
martin@z3n.dk
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