9.10 boot up problem - maybe hardware??

[thomas]

Hello,

The computer just temporary froze up and it was impossible to
do anything. There was a click and I looked at the front lights
of the computer. They became steady instead of normal blinking.
frequent blinking lights is the normal design of the computer. A
marketing gimmick.

Could there be some problem other than Ubuntu? Would the
hard drive cause such problem if it was going bad?

Thomas