Hi,
After 15 years using a Win-tel system (from Dos 4.x and a 286 to Win-XP and an Athlon), I decided to embrace Linux.
For no particular reason I ended up using XandrOS, a Commercial Debian (Woody)-Based distribution. I successfully installed it on my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678 (The Latin American version of PGC-FXA53).
Everything worked fine, with the only exception of the Winmodem. Since I have an ActionTec 56K PCMCIA modem, this was not a problem.
However, last week I was working on my laptop when suddenly it just turned off. Any attempt to power-on again was futile. I had to take it to the Sony Repair Center. They just told me that my motherboard & processor are fried.
There was no electrical over-current (and I was connected to a surge protector) and I had activated the ACPI support via the XandrOS control panel.
The XandrOS Support Team told me that maybe I had a faulty fan and it burned out, taking my processor and motherboard with it.
Now I?m not sure if something on the XandrOS caused it... and I having second thoughts about switching to Linux.
Is there something you could recommend me to do in order to regain my Linux confidence?
Thank you,
Manuel Saavedra, Mexico City