I just came up with this thread to help users who are running on Intel's Baytrail architecture cpus and want to install Linux in their system but are facing random freezes everywhere. These all steps are unique to Baytrail cpus and are meant to someone who is not a nuclear scientist so that he/she will not waste time on the internet, 1. Change the OS from win8 to win 7 in the BIOS 2. Install your linux distro as usual 3. After installing open (as root) text file /etc/default/grub and look for GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT add intel_idle.max_cstate=1 to whatever that is written in the quotes, eg. Before editing it would look like GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" after editing it should be like GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash intel_idle.max_cstate=1" 4. After editing save the file and open the terminal, type sudo update-grub it would ask for your password and after that reboot the system **THESE STEPS ARE UNIQUE FOR BAYTRAIL CPUS, OTHER ISSUES WILL BE THE SAME AS EVERYONE** HIT LIKE IF I HELPED YOU my cpu : Intel Pentium n3540
Thanks for the heads up, I wasn't aware of this bug. I have experienced lockups on several machines that I think can be attributed to this. Frustratingly I just bought two BayFail Chromebooks that I am midway through setting up Mint on. The work around isn't going to do the battery life any favours. I can't use an old kernel either because of hardware support. I really dislike SOC's because driver issues. Reminds me of the bad old days when Linux driver support was sketchy.
@prashantsays, first welcome to MDL second strange dude because I have one Asrock D1800B-ITX and ever used Linux Mint 17.03/Ubuntu 16.04 and NO problems I simply disable secure boot in bios at least for me mobo's SOC's working fine try see in Mint forums for more info; trust me Linux rocks but require some patience to understand O.S.
yes, sadly the battery consumption is a problem with this fix, i had to run win10 on this laptop just because of the battery backup how's ur old kernel working btw? do they get regular security updates? and what about the battery backup on that kernel?
i agree with you, the best thing about linux(mint) is it being open source, feels like home when i run it
cpu temperature is under control now even after max_cstate=1, installed a command line software named "tlp" which is generally made to reduce battery consumption by limiting unwanted processes, as a side effect it reduced cpu temperature considerably. Can use my laptop on my bed again.