[clue-tech] Spontaneously rebooting laptop

[daniel aguilar]

Would that be Prime95 for linux or windows.

--- Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 09-27 14:16, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> > On 9/27/06, Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > >Hm, looks like I may be returning this laptop,
> although I'd like to
> > >determine the cause if possible. It's Costco, so
> I doubt I have to build a
> > >case or anything due to their policy.
> > 
> > Costco's return policy rocks.
> 
> That's why I chose them to get a laptop from. This
> would be a bigger pain if
> it was mailorder. This way, I walk in, no fuss no
> muss - hopefully.
>  
> > Is it possible that the laptop is overheating and
> rebooting for that
> > reason? I have a laptop that has spontaneously
> shut down a handful of
> > times, and each time it's been *really* hot.
> 
> Could be - although it's easily duplicated - just
> run transcode and before
> it's done - spontaneous reboot. That's not
> acceptable as I'm not blocking
> any air flow and it's in a very cool office
> environment.
> 
> I'm trying to remember the name of a tool that
> exercised the computer in
> such a way as to highlight any cooling issues. If
> there is one, the computer
> usually locks up within a minute or two.
> 
> The memory test is still running, but if that finds
> nothing, I'm going to
> look for that tool.
> 
> -- 
> Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc at comcast.net  
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