Jaroslaw Polok wrote: > You may want to try newer kernel (from 4.2 -> 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL) > .. there is some chance that the problem is ACPI related .. > (you could also try acpi=off at boot time .. but this will > completely disable power management .. including speedstep > handling) Thanks...I will grab the newer kernel and try that. I think that you are right, since ALL of the other kernels from other distributions have had no trouble at boot time with the SpeedStep turned on. My partner and I were looking forward to the 4.2 version of Fermi when it comes out (soon) which will have the newer kernel by proxy, but I'll try it in 4.1 first to make sure. About ACPI...I have NOT tried that yet, but assumed that it would be a good possibility that turning that off at boot-time would solve this problem, but of course, as you mention, it creates a bunch of other ones. The DAG repository is full of nice stuff...the first time I turned it on in Yum, I was overwhelmed with how much has been put into that repository, especially just about any PERL module that anyone would need! Thanks again, folks. -- When in panic, fear and doubt, Drink in barrels, eat, and shout.