Richard Seguin wrote:
> This is where this bug gets confusing, there are few people here with
> the same symptoms... The original fix was a bios upgrade...
> 
> What kernel are you running now?

Linux XXX 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 16:35:01 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux

:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA
Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host
Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host
Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host
Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
(rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition
Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon
Xpress 200M]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x
802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
03:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
03:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard
Compliant SD Host Controller
03:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120

> and just to confirm your not having
> this problem anymore?


[30229.002483] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[30229.002536] sd 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[30230.133159] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30232.445400] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30257.597618] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30258.329543] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30259.002362] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30259.652527] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30317.652977] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30318.201678] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30354.314290] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30355.190048] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30356.180058] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30362.415721] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30377.134030] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30401.363443] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30416.576264] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30418.685355] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30421.747034] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30423.158860] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30423.952675] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30467.627058] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30492.058407] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30643.658522] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30677.259140] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30696.831020] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30737.236757] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30841.267699] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[30857.140719] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31015.847300] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31037.130477] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31041.443041] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31063.915039] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31067.505716] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31086.981052] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31124.348678] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31131.780240] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31396.120774] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31396.988641] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31408.088705] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31456.876538] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31721.622935] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31756.737642] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31771.029406] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
[31797.743266] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)