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Re: [LUG] Help with my laptop

 

On Sun, 18 May 2008 16:16:14 +0100, Neil Stone wrote:
> I have a bit of a problem with my laptop..
> 
> Runs for a while but then locks up solid..
> 
> memtest86 ran clean yesterday, it took over an hour (2gb of ram) to
> perform a full run through with no errors detected..
> 
> This happens in both Ubuntu and Windows XP..
> 
> Suggestions ??

Overheating whilst in use?  My laptop runs nice and smoothly when doing
memtest, but when booted up normally and used normally its temperature
climbs up pretty quickly.

Grant.


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