Comment 21 for bug 1321623

Same problem here; Linux Mint 17 32 bit. Sony VAIO SVE15113EN simply starts crawling after 1-2 hours, then non responsive, sometimes able to reboot via console (CTRL+ALT+F1). The same machine runs perfect with other boot option - Ubuntu 14.04.1, Kali Linux. I have tried almost everything including format / re-install, different browsers - Firefox dies or goes into coma quickly esp when there is streaming video or even flash content. Cloud browser Maxthon runs the longest & when the freezing symptoms begin I wait for the terminal to open & kill the browser; surprisingly (not so surprising for the developers LMQ) the machine becomes stable! The same browser runs smoothly after cleaning out the clutter (about 480-500 MB). Even the mouse behaves strangely - random clicks - 1 click becomes double click making browsing miserable. However, this is the begin of the end - shutdown -r stops at the last step so I need to press the power button (just a touch - not long); then again power on. At this point reboot works but that is a temporary relief. Used all the ways to repair boot, re-install grub.. but LMQ ultimately needs re-install to work. Cinnamon version dies quickly i.e. in couple of days life becomes miserable, XFCE runs okay for 10 days, MATE runs for 10-15 days before the same problems start cropping up. Changing kernel version is also useless.. Another interesting point - when the machine is non responsive with a frozen video frame the audio keeps running in the background. From all that I read in different forum it seems I am not alone. At this time I am just waiting for new version of Linux to be released! Hopefully, that will work well but if it doesn't will fall back to LM 16!! Wondering how long I can put up with all this simply because the OS is free; I am sure that I will trash laptop / computer if I have to go back to Windows...