On 07/10/2011 09:56 PM, Tanay Mathpal wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have been using Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop for around 3+ years now. > Currently it runs on Ubuntu 10.04. > >>From the past couple of days, it has developed a strange problem. > After running for around half an hour to about 45 mins, it suddenly > becomes non-responsive. Nothing works, even the mouse pointer doesn't > move a bit. The only thing that happens is that the Caps Lock and > Scroll Lock keys start blinking. > > The only resort then for me is to hold down the power key to switch it > off. It then fails to start if I try to switch it on again. If I leave > it for about an hour, I am able to boot it again but again after about > 45 mins of usage, the same thing happens. > > I guess this may be some hardware issue but I am not sure. Can anyone > help me out here? > > Thanks and regards, >
Looks like an overheating problem. I have heard of such freezing bugs an older version of Ubuntu, search the ubuntu forum for that thread, it had more than 400 replies! -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan @nileshgr on twitter/identica -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
