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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. I |
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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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