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Please help us help you by providing some facts
Which Mint?
Which hardware?
You could run lspci and post it here

Before we continue - I think I answered something (maybe shutdown) to someone with a similar configuration not long ago - was that you?
Did not find much in the forum about 440 but this is a really old chip - from last millennium if I 'm right
How embarassing - there's a little code snippet that I think would help you that I can't remember...
Take a look at the Troubleshooter for the live CD
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... d_problems
One of the alternatives there (or a combination) may do it and hopefully I will find that snippet soon

Because these alternatives are also used in the installed system as indicated
I still haven't found that snippet - I even see the (structure of the) topic before me.....

The When you install section explains it
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... ou_install
Sorry if the wiki is unclear
We have plans to make the documentation better

Jordan,

Sometimes a clean-install can make a world of difference. Oddly, I have seen a few times where the first install was a rough one. Turn around, using the same CD, and the second time everything worked out just great. It was suggested it had something to do with the swap and how the original drive was structured. No matter, you have a more stable system now.

As for the shutdown issue, if it only every 15 shutdowns or so, that is not bad. That is something one can live with.

In one of the above posts, those "noapic" and other codes can be added to your boot menu as needed. While not as important now, you may want something like that in the future. You can access the boot menu by going into the terminal and keying in:
Then most of the wiki suggestions might be more clear. So, this should help you for future reference. I was glad to read you are having more success with your install. The more you learn, the better you get. Have fun!