This problem is known to happen only on certain broken CPU and BIOS, so I cannot reproduce here at all. [...] So, in your case, installing the latest ucode-intel package should fix the problem. This will disable TSX that is known to be broken. Please check it. [...] I checked my system: There seems to be no package related to "microcode" installed, and I checked YaST: There is no microcode-related package matching "microcode|intel|processor". My expectation was that such a package should be installed by default, and it should be on the installation media. Only on http://software.opensuse.org/package/ucode-intel I could find the
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911358
--- Comment #5 from Ulrich Windl