Showing posts with label Acer Aspire ONE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acer Aspire ONE. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Fix Acer Aspire ONE Ubuntu "Freezing" Issue (Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04)

Previously, I was looking at Official Ubuntu help page for Acer Aspire series for help but it didn't really work at all. It told us to set the following:

intel_idle.max_cstate=3

I have turned to add the following option to the boot parameters to solve system freezing when the power is connected:

intel_idle.max_cstate=1

Just add it to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT string in /etc/default/grub.

$
$
$ sudo update-grub
$ sudo reboot now
$
$

c_state = 1 makes CPU running at full power and not falling asleep anymore. It's such a power hunger setting for battery life but it fixed the random freeze issue.

For more advanced option of C state which may suits different CPUs categories. Please check:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cpu-c-states-power-saving-modes/