Thanks. I found the details here.
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#nolapic

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 18:45, Buchan Milne wrote:
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> Jaimon Jose wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I upgraded my Dell latitude C640 laptop to 9.2.  I was running 9.1 all
> > along without any problem ( except suspend with X ).  Now, system locks
> > up if I remove power and I have to switch off and restart.  I searched
> > the bug data base but couldn't find anything similar there.  Any idea or
> > pointers will be helpful.
> 
> SOmeone on Club reported that they had success just building a custom
> kernel from the 9.2 kernel source and disabling the Local APIC.
> 
> It *should* be possible (AFAIK) to have the same effect by booting with
> the 'nolapic' option, but I haven't seen any reports of whether it helps
> or not, and haven't been able to test with any of our Dell machines.
> 
> Regards,
> Buchan
> 
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