hm - did not found any thing about threshold. ony during startup in /var/log/syslog Before the system freezes I see a lot of messages like this: Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494188] CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 11498) Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494192] CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 11487) Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494193] CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 11490) Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494195] CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 11495) Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494721] CPU3: Package power limit normal Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494723] CPU1: Package power limit normal Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494727] CPU2: Package power limit normal Jun 20 15:56:58 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14637.494730] CPU0: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246317] CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 11698) Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246323] CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 11708) Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246325] CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 11702) Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246327] CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 11711) Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246692] CPU0: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246694] CPU3: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246695] CPU2: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:02:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [14940.246696] CPU1: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:02:41 ralphs-laptop wpa_supplicant[1017]: wlan0: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 9c:c7:a6:0b:e4:f7 [GTK=TKIP] Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.716336] CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 12623) Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.716341] CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 12631) Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.716345] CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 12627) Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.716347] CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 12617) Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.717090] CPU1: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.717091] CPU2: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.717092] CPU0: Package power limit normal Jun 20 16:07:01 ralphs-laptop kernel: [15240.717093] CPU3: Package power limit normal ..... But I guess this is normal? During startup I see maybe interesting messages .... Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 16M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 32M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 64M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 128M num_reg: 9 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 256M num_reg: 9 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 512M num_reg: 9 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 1G num_reg: 9 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 2G num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -0G Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 128K num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 256K num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 512K num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 1M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 2M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 4M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.000000] gran_size: 128K chunk_size: 8M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 118M ... .... Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.005323] mce: CPU supports 7 MCE banks Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.005336] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1) ..... Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.758986] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF] Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.759045] ACPI: Fan [FAN0] (off) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.759073] ACPI: Fan [FAN1] (off) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.759096] ACPI: Fan [FAN2] (off) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.759119] ACPI: Fan [FAN3] (off) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.759148] ACPI: Fan [FAN4] (off) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.759207] ACPI: Requesting acpi_cpufreq Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.818907] thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0 Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.818910] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ00] (66 C) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.842804] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone1 Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.842806] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ01] (66 C) Jun 20 16:09:48 ralphs-laptop kernel: [ 0.842841] GHES: HEST is not enabled! ....