From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G6Veo-0006xq-GV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:57:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6SGtXRN002119; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:55:33 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6SGpoqE000051 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:51:50 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so242860nfc for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:51:50 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=phexBYKl4yO6wX3HKKkPsnzRC3eD5EBt10M1/+QoRusiwByUo4UG3CRFYH/se6+cxxP/6cot+9H5ZCRpXJ+3ZJptVVbdIAbENXIZST6sVHzYK/3n6k3WYbNdfuGMrXWv+ZLjBN4Ix0gItV1EPnunzqc/RlRF4OYedaQHFR0FfQs= Received: by 10.78.165.16 with SMTP id n16mr940096hue; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:51:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.16.7 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:51:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7573e9640607280951r7d10059cif9c1b798b46533d1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:51:50 -0700 From: "Richard Fish" Sender: richard.j.fish@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down In-Reply-To: <7ad4c500607280008l2b80300fw2f378d9875d17e71@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7ad4c500607280008l2b80300fw2f378d9875d17e71@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1a281f86b1be1acc X-Archives-Salt: fc5cd44c-0d57-4328-a110-1250a4d0e942 X-Archives-Hash: 43d7cec66d14e9c4a859202a39c19636 On 7/28/06, Martin S 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list