laptop problem: system hangs

[vutaikt]

Hi,

I have this strange problem with my Dell laptop, namely the system hangs (for about 1 second) every few seconds. It is extremely annoying.

I noticed the hanging starts somewhere during installation (not at the beginning, and not during bios boot), so I'm inclined to think it's a software problem. Previously I had Bodhi Linux and it was the same.

Yesterday I found out that the hanging stops if I take out my battery. So it could be something related to power management. I tried disabling Intel Speed step from BIOS but the hangings were there.

Do you have a suggestion about what other module/driver/library I could investigate to try to locate the problem?

Thanks,
vutai

[doktor5000]

You could at least mention the specific make & model of your Dell laptop, and also attach the output of

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dmesg