[ltp] diagnosing a freeze on T60p with ubuntu hardy

[Daniel Castro]

have you ran the mem test from the grub menu? that will tell you if your 
problem is with the RAM....
there are other bootable hardware test you can try for the processor, 
hard drive, etc.... i haven't done it in a while so i'm not sure which 
one to recommend. but i'm pretty sure google knows...

do you notice the caps lock led blinking when it freezes...? i had 
freezing problems before (on a T61) which where related to kernel 
2.6.22... but now that i'm on hardy (2.6.24) all my problems have 
disappeared....

good luck

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Trinity College Dublin

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Brad Langhorst wrote:
> My computer has been freezing once a day or so for the last month or so.
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> By freeze i mean that the sound stutters with whatever was playing, the
> screen does not draw, and alt+sysreq command have no effect.
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> I must reboot by holding down the power button for a while.
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> Very frustrating.
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> I want to be able say with some certainty whether this problem is
> hardware or software related.
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> I'm leaning toward a hardware problem  - but I'd like to provide some
> convincing evidence of that to Lenovo support.
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> I hope I'm not going to have to run with windows for a while to convince
> them that it's a hardware problem (if in fact it is a hardware problem).
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> I've recently done a fresh installation of Ubuntu hardy which has not
> caused a change in the frequency of freezes.
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> so far my log of freezes indicates:
>  - can happen on my desk or on the train
>  - can happen while listing to music or not
>  - can happen whether connected to a network or not
>  - can happen whether VMware is in use or not
>  - can happen even with normal temperatures on all sensors
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> What other criteria should I examine?
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> Is anyone else with the same hardware (T60p) experiencing this problem
> with a default Ubuntu hardy installation?
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> thanks for any help on this!
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