[ltp] Total lockup on a T40

[Oopsy]

I saw some messages with this problem. I had an issue with my 560z. I
ram a ram test and it tests good. My problem was over heating. It was
when I was using it in my lap. Blocked the vent holes in the side.
Oopsy. Also, was using it on a sofa arm. Bottom got hot and started
getting unexected erroring. 

The 2 main thing to remember with almost all notebooks:

A) Don't block the vent holes. Putting it on your lap is an easy way to
block them. Try crossing your legs the other way.

B) Make sure the bottom of them laptop can get air to it. Placing it on
a hardtable top works because of the bumps and ridges in the bottom of
the laptop keeps it up far enough. 


On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 14:40, M. Leo Cooper wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, pete hilton wrote:
> 
> >         I have a T40 modul 58U ... 1.3GHz processor, 1440x1050 display
> > I have a 40G drive and 768M of memory.
> > 
> > At random times the whole machine just locks up solid ... no response
> > from any key combination .. big red switch time.
> 
> I've had a very similar problem with a 770Z that I bought used on eBay.
> 
> It locks up about once a week. Sometimes it does this a second time within a
> few minutes of the first lockup.
> 
> I had thought this was a hardware problem, maybe in the motherboard.
> 
> If this happens on different TP models, then it is very strange.