Thanks for all the suggestions... in the end, I tried removing some of my memory and it appears to have worked: I had 1x512 and 1x256 (which should be possible, according to the manual), but now that I removed the 256, the problem has disappeared.
ta, Adam On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 13:16 +0000, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Adam Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I installed Ubuntu[1] (Debian w/ 2.6.8 kernel) on my Toshiba Satellite > > They have their own mailing-list. > > > find out the temperature in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature > > when it freezes, and it's usually around 66C, which is actually OK, > > isn't it? > > Maybe. I had this once, and it turned out that the CPU generated so much > heat that the memory modules didn't like it, and so everything either > segfaulted, or a total lockup like the one you describe, occured. > > 66C is a little warm. I would have a look at your memory chips, identify > them, google for the specs, and compare their heat tolerant levels against > the temperature the CPU is at. > > -- Thomas Adam > > ===== > "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net > "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net > > "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish > you for all of them at once when you get better. The > experience will probably kill you. :)" > > -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! > Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
