Laptop automatically reboots multiple times (Ubuntu 10.04)

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/01/2010 11:48 PM, Jatin wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just installed ubuntu 10.04 yesterday and everything was working fine.
> All hardwares recognised correctly and everything working fine. I later
> installed two apps namely k3b and VLC media player. I was watching a
> movie on my laptop using VLC reading from a DVD and my laptop rebooted
> automatically. This happened 5 times yesterday. Upon every re-start it
> was working fine for 15 mins then again it rebooted.
>
> Can some one tell me what can the issue be ?
>
> Also one more thing i noted is that my laptop was in a very hot state ,
> could this have led to its reboot ?
>
> Thanks
> Jatin
>
>    
         I think if the laptop is hot to the touch you discovered the 
problem. Think how hot it must be inside the laptop!

73 Karl


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