Ubuntu 9.10 locking up regularly after upgrade (Was Re: I am using Ubuntu 9.10 version - facing problem with my system)

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Tue, December 1, 2009 23:40, John Abbott wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 16:25 -0600, Andrew Farris wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 11:19 +0100, Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
>> [snip]
>> > Perhaps interesting to know, that machine dual boots with Windows, and
>> > there I have the same lockups. I don't boot to Windows a lot, so I
>> hadn't
>> > noticed yet.
>>
>> My guess then, if the lockups are cross platform and everything else
>> checks out, that the motherboard is dying, or the CPU is dying. though
>> usually, a CPU death will be throwing off other symptoms such as drastic
>> system slowdowns, particularly when multitasking or doing something
>> intensive.
>>
>
> I helped repair one of these a couple of weeks ago.  The CPU fan wasn't
> doing its job. We cleaned the unit (dust bunnies looked like dust apes)
> and replaced the CPU fan and it hasn't happened again.

Andrew, John,

Thank you for the suggestions.
I'm a software guy, this is beyond me.
I think it is time for the computer repair shop.
Will let you know if they find anything.

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Amedee