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)