Hardy and 8.10 freeze by powernowd (Cool and Quiet) feature

Bug #281735 reported by RubbelDieCatc
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Bug Description

I have a AMDX64 5200 wit a AliveSATA2-GLAN Board and Nvidia 8800 GT Graphics.

Since one week (after a Hardy 8.4 update) my system freezes on startup when activating powernow.
I upgraded to 8.10 beta, but the issue is still there.

If I disable the "cool and quiet" option at the bios or the powernowd on startup, the system starts normally.

Because I get "Non Fatal - PCI-Express Device" errors I first suspected my graphic card first.
But it seems independent on the graphics.

Fact 1: Sometimes (after a few reboots and startups in recovery mode) I am able to boot normally. Then I can use the powernow-applet normally. The System runs stable and the CPU-Scaling works perfectly.

Fact 2: With a older 8.4 Installation I have no problems.

Suggestion: Sometimes the CPU-freq-settings are in a condition, which causes the immediate freeze of the complete system.

Any ideas?

LSPCI-Output
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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890CF Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3351 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3351 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3351 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3351 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3351 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3351 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. [K8T890 North / VT8237 South] PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.2 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.3 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:0a.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0a.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0a.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
00:0b.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH A1 ISDN [Fritz] (rev 02)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2)
80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10)

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