Ubuntu
acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #165

Comment 165 for bug 59695

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Guy Van Sanden (gvs) wrote : Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks

guys, please read the follow up to that article. Ubuntu only changes this setting when laptop_mode is on, which it isn't by default.
If laptop mode is off, but it is cycling that often, then it is caused by the default setting in your BIOS