On 4/13/19 12:28 PM, Chris wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Friday, April 12, 2019 3:24 PM, Michael Siepmann
> <m...@techdesignpsych.com> wrote:
>
>> On 8/10/18 12:37 PM, Kelly Dean wrote:
>>
>>> Am I the only one having a problem with Qubes spontaneously rebooting on 
>>> Intel hardware? Only other reports I see are about AMD problems, but I'm 
>>> using an Intel Core i3.
>>>
>>> Happens every few weeks. Sometimes just 1 or 2 weeks, sometimes 5 or 6. Got 
>>> it on Qubes 3.2, and now 4.0 too (new installation, not upgrade), multiple 
>>> times.
>>>
>>> Unlikely to be a hardware problem. The system passed both memtest86 and a 
>>> multi-day mersenne prime stress test. And other OSes tested on this 
>>> hardware before I switched to Qubes, including Debian and Windows, never 
>>> had a problem.
>>>
>>> The rebooting seems completely random. No apparent trigger, and no warning. 
>>> Acts like an instant hard reset. Sometimes even when the system is idle, 
>>> and I haven't touched the console for hours.
>>>
>>> It's wearingly inevitable enough that I don't even bother intentionally 
>>> rebooting after system updates anymore, in order to minimize how many 
>>> reboots I have to deal with (setting my workspace back up is an ordeal), 
>>> because I know the system will end up spontaneously rebooting a week or two 
>>> later anyway.
>>>
>> I'm having this problem too. I hadn't had it for a while but in the
>> past week or so it's happened a few times. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad
>> T440p with Intel Core i7, and Qubes 4.0 which I keep updated.
>>
>
> I had this problem which was due to Intel AMT Control being enabled in
> the BIOS. Since turning this off my system has not rebooted.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> -
> Chris Willard
> ch...@meliser.co.uk <mailto:ch...@meliser.co.uk>


Thanks for the suggestion, Chris. I appreciate it. I checked and Intel
AMT was already disabled so I guess something else must be causing it in
my case.


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