random lockups, amd64 turion x2 laptop in x86 mode

[bos_mindwarp]

I have acer laptop, amd64 turion x2, ATI chipset, broadcom wireless (atheros with madwifi), ATI video card, in other words as crappy linux laptop as you can get.

Anyway, every 10-20 seconds it freezes for 5-6 seconds. While booting, or idling in X, all the time. When it locks up, it wakes up if I tap on the touchpad.

Now, I tried to fiddle with noapic and nolapic boot options, but to no avail.

Any ideas?

[Kasumi_Ninja]

You can try the

[Monkeh]

Try passing nolapic_timer to the kernel.

Also see if your BIOS has an option to disable C1E.