Fujitsu Laptop Issues

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:55:32 +0100
H.J.Bathoorn wrote:

> 
> I'd say "hot" when it just shuts down or crashes.
> The thing just isn't usable and more than often wont even boot.
> 
> Been running with 2.4 kernel (slackware 11) for more than 4 hours now without more than 40 degr.   

Thought I keep ya'll posted here.

I discovered that ACPI is the culprit ---- in combination with a dying CPU.

Whether it's ACPI that killed the CPU or not isn't clear but it will only boot in "battery mode" now. 
The 2.6 kernel is just too heavy a load (with or without ACPI) for the P3.

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Good luck,
HarM.