Re: unstable system question

[jim ruxton <cinetron passport ca>]

> > So far my system has stabilized since I added pci=noapci to my
> > grub.conf . Is there something I should do to narrow down the problem
> > within acpi or should I just live with noacpi on my laptop?
> 
> You could try "acpi_skip_timer_override" or its opposite
> "acpi_use_timer_override".  Not sure which is the best bet.  Does this
> beastie use an nVidia chipset?
> 
> There's several other options available, but not having issues myself,
> I can't say which may work.  Here's a snapshot of the docs:
> 
> acpi=           [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
>                 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
>                 Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
>                 force -- enable ACPI if default was off
>                 off -- disable ACPI if default was on
>                 noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
>                 ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
>                 strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are
>                    not strictly ACPI specification compliant.
> 
> One other thing I might mention is to see if there's an updated BIOS
> for your machine and if so, install it.
Thanks Rick I'll look more into the acpi docs . Yes it has an Nvidia
chip.
jim 
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