[gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

[gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

[Martin S]

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Anyone more hardware knowledgeble than me? (Can't be that hard...)
I've got a 3-yo Siemens Amilo laptop that shuts down fairly often. I had to
change HD in it, and it starting shutting down again - this time after
formating the 80 GB disk.
It's been like this for some time now, probably what got the old HD as well.

Any ideas as to what to look for?


Regards,

Martin S

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:08:33 +0200, Martin S wrote:

> I've got a 3-yo Siemens Amilo laptop that shuts down fairly often.

> Any ideas as to what to look for?

Could it be overheating? After three years it could have accumulated a
lot of crud blocking airflow, take a can off compressed air to it.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The mechanic said I had blown a seal. I said, `Just fix the damn thing and
leave my private life out of it, OK?'

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

[Richard Fish]

On 7/28/06, Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone more hardware knowledgeble than me? (Can't be that hard...)
> I've got a 3-yo Siemens Amilo laptop that shuts down fairly often.

You mean it powers off all by itself?  Or hangs/crashes?

I assume you've checked the BIOS settings for power management, and
that it is all disabled?

Have you tried monitoring the CPU temperature in
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature?

Do the fans actually turn on?  Have you tried blowing them out?

-Richard
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