Thread: N900 Unexpected reboots
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2009-12-20 , 22:43
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Originally Posted by PhilE View Post
After getting my N900 replaced last weekend (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=331) I've now had over 7 days without a reboot or any other problem.

I've been following the bugzilla reports for bug 6334, and it seems like some people have found a work around by adjusting the power management options in the Maemo kernel. Based on my own experience, I remain convinced that this is a hardware (i.e poor QA) rather than software problem. This is re-inforced by the fact that lots of other things on my replacement seem to work 'better' than on the first one I had.

YMMV, of course, as they used to say on Usenet...
Well, Ican tell you that my device work much better also. Much more fluent screen etc, and I am simply doing the work around. As mentioned in another bug and thread, the rebooting messes up the PVR/SGX, making the system unstable. After ANY "warm" reboot, a cold reboot is recommended (turning off with the power button), as this will reset the SGX.

It certainly is hardware, as confirmed by the Nokia guy in the bug-thread. But, this is normal and simply a spread in HW specs that is not incorporated into the current driver. I mean, anyone who has done overclocking and been fiddling with wait states etc knows this.

Have faith, thatis my motto right now.