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ghayes wrote: |
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>On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 08:41:01 +1200 |
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>Phillip Stewart <gentoo1@××××××.net> wrote: |
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>>On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:50, Ian K wrote: |
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>>>Hi there. |
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>>>My new laptop (Toshiba A70) is seriously weirding me out. |
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>>>It seems to be turning off (randomly?) while in KDE. |
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>>Could it be simply that the processor is overheating and shutting down |
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>>to protect itself? |
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>>My Dell laptop used to do the same thing 6 months after I bought it. |
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>>took a can of compressed air to the vents and a pile of dust shot out. |
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>>Now it works fine! |
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>>Maybe install a CPU monitoring tool (e.g. gkrellm2) and keep an eye on |
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>>the temperature? |
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>>Cheers, |
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>>Phillip |
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>I have a A75. |
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>It's a known problem with A70 and A75 laptops. I blow mine out weekly |
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>and I keep the rear elevated to increase airflow. It does it mostly when |
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>compiling. I've been known to put it in front of the ac when running |
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>emerge -uavD world. Haven't tried the fridge, yet. |
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>There is also a static issue with some A70 and A75 laptops. |
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>Unfortunately, your symptoms sound like it. |
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>I'd go to toshiba support and check it out if you are still under |
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>warranty. A lot of people have had this problem. |
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>By touching the speaker covers you can lock up your machine. |
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>After this happens a few times, you get symptoms like you've described. |
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>They replace the cover of your laptop and sometimes the motherboard. |
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>Long thread about it: |
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>http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=39467 |
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>The toshiba link was to long to paste but here is the gist |
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>Applicable Models: |
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>Satellite A75-S206, A75-S2061, A75-S226, A75-S276, A75-S2761, A75-S2762, |
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>A70-S256, A70-S2561, A70-S249, A70-S2491, A70-S259, A70-S2591, A75-S209, |
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>A75-S2091, A75-S229, A75-S2291, A75-S2292, A70-S2492ST, M35X-S149, |
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>M35X-S1491, M35X-S109, M35X-S309, M35X-S3091, M35X-S329, M35X-S3291, |
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>M35X-S349, M35X-S3491, M30X-S1592ST, M30X-S1593ST, M35X-S1492, A75-S211, |
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>A75-S2111, A75-S231, A75-S2311, A75-S2293, M35X-S111, M35X-S161, |
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>M35X-S1611, M35X-S311 |
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>On some Satellite A70/A75 and M30X/M35X models, the computer may lock up |
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>(hang) or restart, immediately after the computer is touched. |
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>If you experience these symptoms, please have your system tested by the |
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>Toshiba Notebook Depot, or a Toshiba Authorized Service Provider (ASP). |
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>There will be no charge for the testing or for any repairs. |
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>For further information about how to arrange for shipment to and service |
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>at the Toshiba Notebook Depot or a Toshiba ASP in your area please call |
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>1-800-457-7777. |
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>I'd return it if you can. Even if you get the static issue sorted out, |
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>it'll always run hot. If you don't believe me, google it. |
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>Good Luck |
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What about in Canada? Did you spot any warranty info like that |
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for my corner of the world? :) |
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About monitoring the temperature, can an A70 do that? How would |
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I set that up? GKrellm gives me the standard info, but I dont know how |
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to get temperature monitoring info showing. |
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Thanks!! |
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Ian |
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