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Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:49 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: |
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>> Hi all, |
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>> I'm having a problem. |
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>> and then, the laptop shuts off on me. |
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> It does sound like an overheating thing, as already mentioned, |
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> especially since you had overheating problems before. |
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I sincerely don't think it's an overheating problem for this reason: I |
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reposted this message with an "addendum". The addendum was that I had |
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tried the installation with the Live CD using a gui interface. I had |
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started this late at night and went to bed. The kernel compile again |
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bombed, but the laptop did not turn off - it was still on when I got up |
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the next morning. |
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> Can you confirm that _all_ fans are working? I thought I only had 2 |
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> fans, but there are actually 3, so watch out for hidden ones! Also, you |
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> could use the dell kernel module (i8k) to force your fans to full speed |
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> and see if that helps. |
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I'll try this suggestion. I am in doubt that it would be the fan |
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because the fan was just replaced under warranty by Dell |
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> Another possibility is your memory - maybe its going flaky? This is a |
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> common compile problem that gives varied results (lockups, panics, |
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> halts, etc). Try different ram if you have it, or only half your ram at |
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> a time if you have 2 sticks. You could also try the memtest bootable |
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> cd. |
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Will consider memtest as an option, but again, the memory is reasonably |
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new - it was upgraded recently to have more memory on the laptop. |
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Thanks for the response. |
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Regards, |
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Colleen. |
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