Barteq, ..just to add, here are the deltas of IRQ's on your system from the last set of /proc/interrupts capture from your data.. showing a worryingly high IRQ 0 hit.
CPU0 CPU1 0: 23573 23612 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 558 562 IO-APIC-edge i8042 8: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 94 95 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge libata 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge libata 16: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3 17: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1 18: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2 19: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb6 22: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb5 23: 0 2 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb7 217: 2090 2047 PCI-MSI-edge ahci NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 13271 12598 Local timer interrupts RES: 12201 11276 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 14 6 function call interrupts TLB: 65 61 TLB shootdowns TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 0 MIS: 0 and lspci shows that the following devices share IRQ 0: 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port [8086:2a01] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M [10de:0429] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection [8086:4230] (rev 61) ..one of this may be the culprit. But first I'd like to see of acpi=noirq helps first. Thanks, Colin. -- Kernel 2.6.24-2 causing ~1000 wakeups by "Rescheduling Interrupts" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177895 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