I am running Ubuntu 13.04 and facing similar issue, also my BIOS is up to date.
default# dmidecode -s bios-release-date 02/14/2013 default# # dmidecode -s bios-version 6IET85WW (1.45 ) [15329.457639] [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_error_state [15331.458846] [drm:i915_hangcheck_hung] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung [15331.459066] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* GPU hanging too fast, declaring wedged! [15331.459072] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* Failed to reset chip. [15332.181312] show_signal_msg: 33 callbacks suppressed [15332.181320] VirtualBox[25846]: segfault at 216fef60 ip 00007ff42bd700d1 sp 00007fff900ad3a0 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7ff42bd34000+1be000] [15339.634879] device vboxnet0 left promiscuous mode [15339.643847] vboxnetflt: dropped 0 out of 62 packets -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1177775 Title: [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* GPU hanging too fast, declaring wedged To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1177775/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs