Comment 2 for bug 8882

(In reply to comment #1)
> Please send the complete dmesg output, including the entire boot process (try
> the -s option).
>
> Are you using the latest kernel?
>
> The "over-current" message is common to bug #8772. The timeout messages seem to
> typically indicate IRQ problems. Try booting with noapic, pci=noacpi, and
> acpi=off (each individually) and see if any of them make a difference.

How would I go about doing that? I'm quite confused. You lost me after the IRQ
problems.