Re: [gentoo-user] Unexpected Power Loss!

[Andrew Hoffman <andy.hoffman12@gmail.com>]

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Sounds like it could be a hardware issue. Does it do the same thing inside
Windows? It might be overheating. Check for dust and proper cpu/powersupply
fan operation.


On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Willie <matthews.willie@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
>
> I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that
> whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like I
> did "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue at random times.
> I have been reading the logs but there is nothing helpful at all. It is
> never the same thing on the logs when it does just shutdown. Sometime I can
> boot up and it will go off when it says "Waiting for udev events to finish"
> or something like that.
>
> I haven't done any major upgrades in awhile, there is really nothing
> different. I installed Windows last night to see if it is a hardware thing
> but nope it stays on. I also tried reinstalling Gentoo on a couple of
> occasions on another Hard Drive but it just shutdown while I was getting it
> done.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. I really don't want to be in Windows
> after I spent all that time customizing my XFCE4 desktop.
>
> --
>
> Willie Matthews
> matthews.willie@gmail.com
>

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