Laptop locks up

[Mike McGinn]

On Tuesday 03-10-2009 13:29:57 Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> I have a friend that is running 8.04 on a Dell Precision M2300. He tried
> using 8.10 on it, but said that it would lock up tight at random time
> intervals. He said the logs were empty of errors from the time of the
> freezes, pointer locked, keyboard, etc...nothing responded. Not even
> connecting remotely from another system into the laptop would work, so
> even the network stack stopped responding.
>
> He reverted to 8.04 and said it's okay with him because it works fine
> for his needs, but did anyone else run into behavior like this in moving
> 8.04 to 8.10?
>
> -Bart

I had the same problem with 8.04 before I got a new laptop - which I run 8.10 
on. It is a hardware problem. First thing to do is run a memory test 
overnight. Then make sure the CPU and motherboard are not covered in dust.

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