OT: knoppix memtest powers off after 35 mins
OT for Debian, but you folks are knowledgeable ...
Running memtest86 from a Knoppix LiveCD on an HP pavilion ze4400 laptop.
No errors, but the laptop powers off consistently after about 35 minutes
of testing.
The laptop does not power off when sitting at the Knoppix prompt (I
enter some random character or two to prevent time-out default boot),
nor does it power off after 35 minutes at the Windows (yech!) login
prompt or within Knoppix when it's running from the LiveCD.
I've not seen any odd behaviour when running Knoppix, and very limited
oddness when running Windows (yet a couple of small things - easily
attributable to Windows flakiness); the guy who owns the laptop says it
has frozen on him a few times and wouldn't power up once until left
alone a couple of hours.
After spending a couple of days with the laptop, my gut instinct is that
the hardware is fine, but this consistent auto-poweroff 35 minutes into
a memtest86 run (with default parameters) raises a yellow flag in my brain.
Anyone have any knowledge if maybe memtest86 might be triggering a
shut-down code, or if it's running into a bad memory cell?
Thanks!
--
Kent
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