On Friday 17 July 2009 10:25:46 am Bill Barry wrote: > What is the evidence that it is really the motherboard and not the power > supply or the fan or something else? All I have to go by is what people tell me. A company up north (I forget their name) said they repaired it by doing something to the bios. I got the computer back and it worked twice and then the old problem was back. I callled them and was told to take the battery out. This worked once.
When the computer turns off it does so before anything comes to the screen. > Is there a bios cpu monitor that turns > the system off if the cpu gets too hot? Is that what is triggering the > power off? Maybe the heatsink is not attached well to the cpu and is > causing it to overheat, or the fan is not running and that is causing it to > overheat. It could be several things, even something in the kernel that is > killing it during the boot process. Does it always power off at exactly the > same place in the boot process? Yes, but it may be hard to tell as this is a rather fast computer. > > Bill Thanks, Dale > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Dale F. Victor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Does any one have experience having a laptop motherboard repaired at the > > circuit level. > > > > I have an Acer Inspire 1800. I have Ubuntu installed on it and really > > like the laptop. > > > > When it starts to boot it starts to go through the booting cycle and then > > powers off. Within 10 -15 seconds. I have had several people look at it > > and they say it is the motherboard. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Dale > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
