[CentOS] Centos locking up system with mptscsih driver error

"Paul R. Ganci" <ganci at nurdog.com> wrote:
> Alas, I have the original BIOS installed. I was checking
> and it does appear there are BIOS updates available. I
always
> hate the idea of flashing a ROM given the implications of
> something going wrong.

Actually, the overwhelming majority of PowerNow/Cool'n Quiet
issues I've seen are due to inappropriate APIC/ACPI/POST
setup by the BIOS.  Nearly all BIOS updates fix these issues
in my experience.




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