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Old 17th October 2010
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Originally Posted by Squishy View Post
The system clock is also running very quickly...
What do you know of this system's history? Has it been abused?

Upon first pass, it sounds like the clock chip needs to be replaced as all other symptoms described could be caused by this. Whether you want to explore replacement is a decision you will need to make.
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On searching for similar issues, I keep coming across suggestions to boot with "notsc divider=10" with no explanation on how to do it.
The TSC (time stamp counter) is a register found on most Intel processors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Stamp_Counter

Fooling around with this value blindly doesn't seem to be a great idea, & problems with it could stem from a bad clock chip.

You are delving into very low-level hardware issues. Someone here might have additional ideas, but my suggestion would be to post to the official misc@ mailing providing more information. At a minimum, posting dmesg(8) output would have been helpful here, & a requirement on misc@ if you expect an answer.
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