Re: Laptop randomly reboots
Hmm, maybe in the past, the laptop was clean and now it is dusty.
However, you can try to force the cpu(s) running at low speed (for testing
purposes). I am using this, when I do some task at night and my cooler shall
not start (noisy!), for example when I build a new kali-version.
The application I am using for this, is "cpufreq-set" where I set all cpu(s)
forcely to use lowest clock.
If you do so, and of course just for testing purposes, it should not reboot.
If it still does, check all the logs, maybe you find some hints in it or even
the application, which causes the reboot.
Good luck!
Best
Hans
> I don't think that is the case. Perhaps, something, somewhere might
> think it is getting too hot (an in a software, firmware issue). But I've
> never had it reboot during any times of stressing. I used to use a
> program 'think-fan' to control the fans. With that, it never got above
> 80*c. I removed the program (thinking that perhaps something external
> controlling the fans was causing some embedded controller to freak out
> and restart the machine or something). I've since uninstalled it, and
> with stock control, the temps get to 90*c, but as I've said, doing video
> encoding for hours or any other stress testing has never caused an
> issue. It seems to reboot at surreal times, like I'll be typing and stop
> to take a sip of coffee then boom, screen goes black and then I'm
> watching grub load up.
>
> Thanks for the tips though.
> --Sam
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