[ltp] Lenovo System Toolbox and Ubuntu

[jnjb]

John Jason Jordan a écrit :
> On Tue, 26 May 2009 17:09:32 +0200
> francesco tartaglia <francesco.tartaglia@gmail.com> dijo:
> 
>> I have thinkpad x61 with Ubuntu intrepid.
>> After it fell to the ground it starts overheat.
>> I'd use System Toolbox to understand where is the problem.
>> I try to run it by WINE
>> but it returns  error.
>> Any Idea?
>> I have to Install windows?
> 
> You might try to install Windows in Virtualbox and see if it can access
> System Toolbox. 
> 
> To install Virtualbox just use Synaptic. Once you have Virtualbox
> installed you can launch it, and then create a virtual C drive on which
> you can install Windows. You'll need a Windows install CD.
> 
> No guarantee that this will work. Virtualbox is pretty good at making
> sure guest operating systems can use the components of the computer,
> but I think System Toolbox needs to access the BIOS.
> 
> You might also check to see if there are any native Linux tools that
> will help diagnose the problem. 
> 
> In the case of overheating, the first thing to suspect is the fan. On
> my Thinkpad the fan is so quiet that I can't hear it even when it is
> running. If a wire became disconnected I might never know it until the
> computer started overheating.
> 
> Another place to check is Lenovo technical support. I'm sure yours is
> not the first Thinkpad that has been dropped. They might be able to
> give you a list of things to check in order of probability.


the thinkpad have an automatic power off if cpu become to warm