[tlinux-users 00655] Re: Toshiba Portege M400 hangs, cause HDD

[Victor]

Kees,

I don't think that it is hardware. As part of my ethernet problem, I get an 
error message about bad power saving software. In my case, the power saver 
decides that an ethernet link operating at too fast a speed causes excessive 
battery drain and shuts down my ethernet.

I suspect that after a few hours, the computer heats up and wants to turn on a 
fan to cool off. The power saving function detects this and tries to stop it. 
The result is a system crash.

When my ethernet turns off, I get the following errors:
NMI received for unknown reason 
Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?

I looked up the error and found it reported as number 679567. There was no 
work-around or fix listed.

If you find anything, let me know.

Victor

On Monday 20 February 2012 02:33:45 Kees wrote:
> Victor, thanks for your reply.
>
> I mounted Linux Mint on it and that works very well and support almost
> every function except for the buttons, which has been described how to
> set up on some places.
> Can you tell me what brand&type&speed of memory and harddisk your machine
> has? Perhaps that is where my problems come from.
> And which Linux distro do you use?
>
> This weekend I found out, that the problems are easily triggered by
> movement, but when you put it on the table and don't move it at all,
> than after a few hours it crashes also. To me this makes it look like
> a hardware malfunction. On the internet I found someone saying it had
> something to do with the soldering, but I don't know what place so I
> first want to try with the right harddisk and memory.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion about the conf for the accelerometer. I will
> look into it after I know my memory and harddisk are right.
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