A second reply mentioning apic and lapic.  I'm beginning to feel 
optimistic here.  Hopefully Saturday will come and go without it locking up.

Derek

On 08/13/2013 09:10 AM, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
>
> Ohh! Apic and lapic!  I had apic keep my computer from booting (or it 
> died VERY soon after booting, I forget which).
>
> So, yes, those can REALLY mess you up if your computer is sensitive to it.
>
> (Note to self – next time someone is having trouble with lockups, ask 
> them about apic and lapic!)
>
> Gag – this is going to come from my NEW email address, which is still 
> the same computer, company, and all that, but it’s a different domain 
> now.  So it won’t get posted.
>
> Oh, well.  Time to go fix my email address here on plug…
>
> Rusty
>
> *From:*plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org 
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Derek 
> Trotter
> *Sent:* Monday, August 12, 2013 9:40 PM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* possible solution
>
> You might remember over the last 8 or 10 months, I've had problems 
> with this beast locking up at random.  Over the weekend I was trying 
> to figure out how to set the console to a higher resolution so I could 
> get more on the screen.  I also stumbled across the settings for 
> kernel parameters.  In there was spalsh apic and lapic.  I looked up 
> what these did and decided to try changing them to noapic and 
> nolapic.  Then I rebooted.  The console resolution was fixed and for 3 
> days now, the machine hasn't locked up.  Has anyone heard of these 
> apic settings causing problems if they are enabled?
>
> It has an AAHD2-HY motherboard*
> *AMD E2 3200 Processor
>
> It's an HP pavilion
> The model is p6-2003w*
>
> *
>
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>   
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