A little off topic but I hope someone can shed some light

[Vic Main]

At 07:08 PM 09/07/10, you wrote:
>I have an HP Pavilion Notebook model 6324US.
>The machine will not reboot.  What I mean by this, it shuts off, 
>powers back up, but never even gets to the BIOS stuff.
>I have to turn it off.  Close the lid, wait various amounts of time 
>before it will start again.
>Now, I'm running 10.04.1 very successfully so there are not a lot of 
>time I have to restart, but non the less, it is VERY frustrating!
>
>Any clues would be greatly appreciated!
>--
>Matt Anderson
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>John 8:32
This sounds like a heat problem to me, possibly a fan has gone,
the processor gets to a preset temperature limit and the internal 
protection turns on and shuts it down.
  This is so that the chips don't destroy themselves.
The clue that's most important is that you have to wait.

Vic 
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