Re: [gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

2006-07-28 Thread Richard Fish
On 7/28/06, Martin S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone more hardware knowledgeble than me? (Can't be that hard...) I've got a 3-yo Siemens Amilo laptop that shuts down fairly often. You mean it powers off all by itself? Or hangs/crashes? I assume you've checked the BIOS settings for power man

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

2006-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:08:33 +0200, Martin S wrote: > I've got a 3-yo Siemens Amilo laptop that shuts down fairly often. > Any ideas as to what to look for? Could it be overheating? After three years it could have accumulated a lot of crud blocking airflow, take a can off compressed air to it.

[gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

2006-07-28 Thread Martin S
Anyone more hardware knowledgeble than me? (Can't be that hard...)I've got a 3-yo Siemens Amilo laptop that shuts down fairly often. I had to change HD in it, and it starting shutting down again - this time after formating the 80 GB disk. It's been like this for some time now, probably what got the