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raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

This seems completely arbitrary. They are happening very often, not so much that make my computer unusable, but still once or twice a day. What log files can I check to know what's causing this?

Just to be clear, I'm just browsing the net or doing any normal thing, my monitor gets completely black. I can't switch to a tty, restart X server, nothing. BUT it's not a complete system lock up, because I can still do a sysrq+b to reboot. I guess this is an X problem? But if it is, why can't I switch to a tty?

Thanks

Last edited by raul_nds (2008-04-05 17:22:07)

serrghi

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From: Bergen, NO

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 100

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Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

maybe your graphic card is overheating?

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raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

I don't think so. I've spent whole days on windows, playing sims 2 for example, which is not the most lightweight game around, and nothing happens.

matahari

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From: Bandung, Indonesia

Registered: 2007-04-04

Posts: 59

Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

i have system lockup too last week, but after turning off cpufreq, it working again

Last edited by matahari (2008-03-08 17:10:41)

raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

Well, after one of these crashes, my disk died on me, so I guess it's pretty serious.

grandmasterb

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 26

Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

i had something like that when i log out from my DE, the problem was in catalyst drivers for my ATI card, i changed drivers to opensource and it helped.

bomaroast

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 9

Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

This was happening to me with my old motherboard.  Turns out the northbridge was overheating.  It eventually cooked itself (accompanied by a huge ploom of white smoke) and I was without a computer for several weeks.

I'd try opening the case and putting a box fan next to the open side.  If you can go a couple weeks without a reboot you know its a heat issue somewhere.

Last edited by bomaroast (2008-04-06 03:00:07)

raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

Re: CRITICAL:Having random COMPLETE crashes(blank screen,have to reboot)

It's actually a laptop =\