Iceland volcanic ash and my PC... BSOD

[Franklin S Werren]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/19/2010 02:09 AM, axel wrote:
>   
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I run a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Ubuntu 8.04. and I live in London where
>> the air pollution is so bad you dont need to smoke to be a candidate for
>> all kind of breathing problems.
>>
>> About a year ago I had a Dell Service Tech replace the Dell PC fans ,
>> filters and a few other bits and pieces : due to the fact that the PC
>> was crashing due to high Temperature.
>> His recommendation was to blow high pressure purified air into fan
>> intakes.
>>
>> Further reading on the subject , I found the opposite opinion :that was
>> the last thing you should do, as it blows all the dust inwards...past
>> the filters and into the system.
>> i.e. in other words the remedy lies in using a vacuum cleaner and point
>> it at the fan intakes. 
>>
>> Now with all this ash coming my way...
>>     
> ...
>
> Apparently the GSOD (Grey Screen Of Death) only occurs on Windows
> Machines & has been occuring in Los Angeles for years... :-)
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist :-)
>
> Well Ubuntu OS 9.10 will get the BSOD (Brown Screen of Death!)
>   

>
>   


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