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I uncovered an ACPI bug in my Dell Inspiron 5567. It was plaguing me for 8 years
, but instead of pausing, it reboots. Not every time, just often enough to be infuriating.
When you tell the computer to enter S3 sleep, the southbridge's PMC is what actually cuts power to the CPU, RAM (partially), fans, and other components. So, the flow is like this: PTS (Literally an empty method) -> TPTS (TPM) -> SPTS (Southbridge) -> NPTS (Northbridge) -> RPTS (Root Port). In the world of AI hype, we DO deserve more tech-reviewers decoding the ACPI tables and ACTUALLY telling us if the system is stable or not.
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