<div dir="ltr">well i let mine go to 70% ...and that was within half an hour...but like i said ..i didnt let it finish...ill do so tonight when i get home! <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Andy Partington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy.partington@gmail.com">andy.partington@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 6 October 2010 07:46, javadayaz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">javadayaz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr">ok will do...although i did run one before ( after all these problems occurred, after i reapplied the thermal coating) but then quit after 70% ...but i will run it again! <div><div></div><div><br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Rob Beard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob@esdelle.co.uk" target="_blank">rob@esdelle.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 06/10/10 06:58, javadayaz wrote:<br> > Just an update to all this..when I run livecd...it will let me choose an<br> > option...but then the cd loads and the pc shuts down..and restarts!<br> <br> </div>Okay I wonder if it's a hardware problem that has developed due to the<br> excess heat. Try booting up the CD and when you get to the boot menu<br> select the option to test memory (it might say Memtest).<br> <br> Run this for a few hours (at least) and let us know if you get any<br> errors, crashes or reboots.<br> <font color="#888888"><br> Rob<br> </font><div><div></div><div><br> --<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div></div><div>To run a proper memtest you want to run it for 6-8 hours minimum, this will give your PC a good work over at the same time. </div><div><br></div><div>My niece had a similar issue as you with CPU overheating on her laptop, I could run live cds and leave it in the bios for ages but running Windows after about 10 minutes it would shut down so doing something fairly strenuous would be a good test.</div> <div><br></div><div>Andy </div></div><br> <br>--<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Regards<div><br></div><div>Javad</div></div><br> </div>