Re: Laptop freeze after 'end current session' or 'shutdown'
On Sunday 30 July 2006 17:30, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (30/07/06 16:25), Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > my laptop often freeze after end 'current session'
> > or 'shutdown' operations. I'm using etch on an Acer Aspire 9100.
> >
> > Difficult to give more details as nothing is displayed but computer
> > is still on (ie. fan is running..etc..) and I have to remove
> > alimentation (sector+battery) to switch it off.
> > Even more tricky as this freeze happens not allways but around 50%.
> >
> > Thanks for any clue, or ways to grab more information (dedicated log
> > files ?) about what happens when related fonctions 'end current session /
> > shutdown' are called.
>
> This may be heat related - I've had similar problems with a 1524WLMi (64
> bit). It's been back to Acer twice but for the last few months has been
> OK. Acer won't act on Linux symptoms, so I downloaded something called
> HotPC or HotCPU (I'm not in windows to check) which stress tests your
> processor. Might be worth eliminating hardware as the cause.
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
>
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Clive,
indeed this might be a reason but so why to freeze under a 'end current
session' request ?
I would accept this pseudo-freeze during a shutdown as the fan might run few
seconds or minutes until the motherboard / CPU reach a cooler temperature to
avoid any damage.
Also this feature should not be related to any OS but only to BIOS / hardware
implementation as ideally the CPU should not run to allow efficient
refreshment and so should be documented by Acer as nice feature.
(note: I didn't check this into the Acer documenttaion but might worth a
look).
Note: I'll have a look at HotPC / HotCPU as you mentionned.
Bye,
Bruno
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