Ubuntu 11.04 freezes

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 16:00 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: 
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Icarus Alive <icarus.alive at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 13:29 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
> >>> <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
> >>> > <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >> Hi
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I am running Ubuntu 11.04 on the below laptop config. It freezes once
> >>> >> in every two days.
> >>
> >>
> >> My server did that when I first bought it. Turned out to be a flaky
> >> power supply. Not sure how that info would help on a laptop, but a
> >> sudden powerdown would leave no log traces. Ric
> >>
> >
> > Second that... seems quite likely to be a power-supply issue. Since
> > you are on a laptop, try to replace laptop adaptor ?
> > Do you have lot of peripherals attached, e.g. external HDD / optical
> > drive, external keyboard/mouse ?
> > Also do check the power adaptor cables... sometimes, once the
> > insulation wears away at places, there's a possibility of some
> > momentary short-circuits, though they are very minor for human eye to
> > see, they can cause enough pain for a laptop.
> >
> 
> ok. I have replaced the Power Adaptor and will update this thread if
> the issue still persists.

Let us know if that works as well... you have to toss a fish to a seal
if you want it to bark. :) Ric

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