On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Boris Epstein <borepst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, this is weird... > > Have you tried reinstalling Linux? I know this is a crude approach to the > problem but I can't think of anything smarter at the moment. > > Boris. > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Paolo Galtieri <pgalti...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Folks, >> here's my situation and am wondering if anybody could provide some >> suggestions. >> >> Three weeks ago I had the motherboard of my Dell Precision M65 laptop >> replaced due to issues with the video card. After the Dell tech replaced >> the board I had no problems booting up on my F16 installation. After a few >> days this motherboard started exhibiting power supply issues. The system >> would switch from AC power to battery, dimming the monitor, and then switch >> back to AC with the monitor brightening. This continued to happen on and >> off for several weeks, it also would happen under Windows 7, so wasn't an >> OS issue. I tried two different external power supplies, but the problem >> still occurred. If I took the battery out and ran on just the AC then the >> system would power itself off within a minute or two. I contacted Dell and >> described the problem and today the Dell tech replaced the motherboard >> again. The problem is that now Linux no longer boots. It starts to boot, >> it loads the kernel and the ramdisk, but then the fan speeds up and the >> system powers off. Earlier today I was able to boot off a F16 DVD and was >> able to backup my user account data to an external drive. Now when I try >> it it no longer works, it starts the process, I get prompted for language >> and keyboard, but then again the fans speed up and the system powers off. >> The system is configured to boot both Windows 7 and Linux. If I boot >> Windows it comes up just fine and runs, but Linux wont. When I boot >> Windows the fans do not speed up as they do with Linux. >> >> Anybody have any ideas as to what might be going on? >> >> The system is updated to the lasted changes. I tried to boot an earlier >> kernel, but I get the same behavior. >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Paolo >> >> I'd try, the problem is that booting from a Fedora 16 DVD also causes the system to power off :-( Paolo -- >> users mailing list >> users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >> >> > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > >
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