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

[James Takac]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Vic Main <vmain at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  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!
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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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I'd tend to agree. I'd suggest to check the vents around the sides, back,
etc to see if their clogged and also the fan for the same problem. If they
are then clear them out. Had that prob with a notebook years ago. As soon as
I cleared the vents and fan all was right

James
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