I get this too, I have a Gateway but I do not get any strange symptoms as a result, only that I have wireless performance issues. I have no idea if it's related or not.
Seems to be an ongoing issue, particularly with a number of Acer notebooks, at least according to several kernel mailing lists. -- ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270017 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs