please show the output of this command on the failing config: cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep microcode
If you can disable the update and show the output on the working config, and also the BIOS version, that would also be helpful. also, so you see the same behaviour when you are running intel_pstate as when you are running acpi-cpufreq+ondoemand? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1480349 Title: Breaks frequency scaling in Xeon® E5-2687W v3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-microcode/+bug/1480349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs