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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#552

Missing information related to microcode updates and GPU throttling

I do not have a way to assess the throttling other than by running 3D software and experiencing the slowdown. Once the computer cools down, I expect it to go back to the original speed. However, this does not happen with my laptops that have P8400 and P8600 CPUs (5 laptops total) and it works correctly with the two that have P8700. It might not be related to the CPU in any way, but that's the pattern I see. What other details about the laptops could I provide?

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plantroon push update naar master in plantroon/libreboot

  • 88b62d585e truncated lines and fixed wording as suggested by Andrew Robbins

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plantroon sloot kwestie libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

Created a pull request to make the information from here available in the docs: https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/pulls/552

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plantroon maakte pull request libreboot/libreboot#552

Missing information related to microcode updates and GPU throttling

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plantroon push update naar master in plantroon/libreboot

  • b561c93186 Update 'docs/hardware/x200.md' - added information related to https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues/289 - added information about GPU throttling

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plantroon forked a repository to plantroon/libreboot

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

@Fedja Beader you're saying, that when updating the microcode from the OS-supplied package, you don't run into the crash? Because I already tried that.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

Thanks for reminding me about the thread of yours. I have the following microcode-related messages in my dmesg:

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

I caught this recently.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

To clarify: The issue I am describing here has nothing to do with S3 suspend problems or kernel panics. I have those too but this happens regardless of whether I suspend or not and it is never a kernel panic.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

After buying more of these laptops, I found out that it was the RAM modules that caused the crash. The RAM modules tested are not faulty and work fine in other systems or without Libreboot.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#373

We need a team of testers, for new upcoming libreboot release

I would like to test on X200, both P8400 and P8600 CPUs.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

@thum, thank you for sharing your experience. You are right, that is exactly the problem I am having.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

Is there any way to run memtest on the vesafb version of Libreboot? I also have a gut feeling that using txtmode will make these problems go away.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

Another update. The laptop went fine for 10 days (that's a record uptime on Libreboot for me). I noticed that this might be related to RAM speeds somehow, as I notice a huge slowdown of graphics on Libreboot as well. I do not know what triggers it. For example, glxgears then goes like 20 FPS. Anyone having these problems on an X200?

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

So even without suspending for a 2 weeks and swapping RAM sticks, it still managed to freeze up on the 3rd or 4th day of the power cycle.

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plantroon reactie op issue libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

I am using the newest version (20160907) and I updated the EC firmware prior to flashing.

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plantroon opende issue in libreboot/libreboot#289

Libreboot X200 freezing up

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