I finally got a chance to do some hunting on the internet for a solution to this problem. The problem appears to be rooted in unsettable BIOS thermal tables. Downgrading to BIOS A02 appears to solve the problem, but as I run dual-screen I don't think I'll be doing this (the A02 has earlier Intel915 graphics firmware). I might try a kernel downgrade to see if the problem can be resolved with my previous kernel (I don't recall this same issue, but perhaps I just didn't notice). I used to get an error 7@1000:10000 on boot, which has disappeared. Perhaps something in there?
Rob:
I finally got a chance to do some hunting on the internet for a solution to this problem. The problem appears to be rooted in unsettable BIOS thermal tables. Downgrading to BIOS A02 appears to solve the problem, but as I run dual-screen I don't think I'll be doing this (the A02 has earlier Intel915 graphics firmware). I might try a kernel downgrade to see if the problem can be resolved with my previous kernel (I don't recall this same issue, but perhaps I just didn't notice). I used to get an error 7@1000:10000 on boot, which has disappeared. Perhaps something in there?
A whole bunch of great commentary here:
http:// eightflat. org/tracesofmar tinsstate/ 2005/06/ 03/linux- on-dell- x1/#comment- 13235
There are two good Linux/Dell X1 sites:
http:// gentoo- wiki.com/ Talk:HARDWARE_ Dell_Latitude_ X1#CPU_ down-throttling (gentoo) eightflat. org/tracesofmar tinsstate/ (Fedora)
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