This have started happening again. /proc/ioports: 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0022-0022 : PM2_CNT_BLK 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-0077 : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial 0300-031f : pcmcia_socket0 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f0-03f1 : pnp 00:08 03f6-03f6 : ide0 04d0-04d1 : pnp 00:01 0600-067f : pnp 00:02 0680-06ff : pnp 00:02 0800-083f : 0000:00:07.3 0800-0803 : PM1a_EVT_BLK 0806-0807 : pnp 00:02 0808-080b : PM_TMR 080c-080f : GPE0_BLK 0810-083f : pnp 00:02 0810-0815 : ACPI CPU throttle 0840-085f : 0000:00:07.3 0840-084f : pnp 00:02 0840-0847 : piix4-smbus 0850-0853 : pnp 00:02 0854-0855 : PM1a_CNT_BLK 0856-085f : pnp 00:02 0860-086f : 0000:00:07.1 0860-0867 : ide0 0868-086f : ide1 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 4000-40ff : PCI CardBus #02 4400-44ff : PCI CardBus #02 4800-48ff : PCI CardBus #06 4c00-4cff : PCI CardBus #06 d800-d8ff : 0000:00:08.0 d800-d8ff : Maestro3 dce0-dcff : 0000:00:07.2 dce0-dcff : uhci_hcd e000-efff : PCI Bus #01 ec00-ecff : 0000:01:00.0 f000-f0fe : motherboard f000-f0fe : pnp 00:03 f100-f1fe : motherboard f100-f1fe : pnp 00:03 f200-f2fe : motherboard f200-f2fe : pnp 00:03 f400-f4fe : motherboard f400-f4fe : pnp 00:03 f500-f5fe : motherboard f500-f5fe : pnp 00:03 f600-f6fe : motherboard f600-f6fe : pnp 00:03 f800-f8fe : motherboard f800-f8fe : pnp 00:03 f900-f9fe : motherboard f900-f9fe : pnp 00:03 fa00-fafe : motherboard fc00-fcfe : motherboard fd00-fdfe : motherboard fe00-fefe : motherboard /proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 498.508 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 989.34 lsmod: Module Size Used by rfcomm 34972 0 l2cap 22404 5 rfcomm bluetooth 43012 4 rfcomm,l2cap ipv6 217408 12 speedstep_smi 5776 0 speedstep_lib 4228 1 speedstep_smi cpufreq_powersave 1920 0 cpufreq_stats 5124 0 cpufreq_userspace 4444 1 cpufreq_ondemand 5916 0 cpufreq_conservative 6820 0 freq_table 4484 2 speedstep_smi,cpufreq_stats af_packet 20232 2 pcnet_cs 17972 1 8390 9088 1 pcnet_cs pcmcia 24584 5 pcnet_cs tc1100_wmi 6916 0 video 16004 0 battery 9604 0 container 4608 0 i2c_acpi_ec 5760 0 button 6672 0 pcc_acpi 11392 0 sony_acpi 5516 0 ac 4996 0 dev_acpi 11396 0 hotkey 9508 0 floppy 52692 0 pcspkr 3652 0 rtc 11832 0 snd_maestro3 23332 1 snd_ac97_codec 72188 1 snd_maestro3 snd_pcm_oss 46368 0 snd_mixer_oss 16128 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 78344 3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 21764 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 10120 1 snd_pcm snd 48644 8 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9184 1 snd i2c_piix4 8336 0 i2c_core 19728 2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_piix4 yenta_socket 22540 3 rsrc_nonstatic 12032 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 44932 4 pcnet_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic pci_hotplug 24628 0 intel_agp 21276 1 agpgart 32328 1 intel_agp ext3 115976 1 jbd 48536 1 ext3 dm_mod 50364 1 tsdev 7616 0 joydev 9280 0 evdev 9088 1 psmouse 26116 0 mousedev 10912 1 parport_pc 31812 0 lp 11460 0 parport 32072 2 parport_pc,lp md 40656 0 reiserfs 217200 1 thermal 13192 0 processor 23100 1 thermal fan 4740 0 uhci_hcd 28048 0 usbcore 104188 2 uhci_hcd ide_cd 36996 0 cdrom 33952 1 ide_cd ide_disk 16128 4 ide_generic 1664 0 piix 9476 1 ide_core 125268 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,piix unix 24624 753 vesafb 8088 0 capability 5000 0 commoncap 6784 1 capability vga16fb 12232 1 vgastate 8320 1 vga16fb softcursor 2432 2 vesafb,vga16fb cfbimgblt 2944 2 vesafb,vga16fb cfbfillrect 3840 2 vesafb,vga16fb cfbcopyarea 4480 2 vesafb,vga16fb fbcon 34176 72 tileblit 2560 1 fbcon font 8448 1 fbcon bitblit 5248 1 fbcon