I'm in CentOS on the laptop now! But suspend doesn't work. Actually it looks like it works but it just immediately resumes. The log goes from CPU X is now offline straight into switching to UP ... Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: CPU 1 is now offline Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: Broke affinity for irq 26 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: CPU 2 is now offline Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: Broke affinity for irq 27 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: CPU 3 is now offline Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: microcode: CPU0 updated to revision 0x13, date = 2012-07-16 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: Enabling non-boot CPUs ... Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x1 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: microcode: CPU1 updated to revision 0x13, date = 2012-07-16 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: CPU1 is up Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: Booting Node 0 Processor 2 APIC 0x2 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: microcode: CPU2 updated to revision 0x13, date = 2012-07-16 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: CPU2 is up Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x3 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: microcode: CPU3 updated to revision 0x13, date = 2012-07-16 Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: CPU3 is up Nov 16 21:54:53 boson kernel: ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S3 How do I fix this? Mike -- Michael B Allen Java Active Directory Integration http://www.ioplex.com/