On 05/24/2015 02:51 PM, jd1008 wrote: <<>> > But this machine had been working for years without this recent > issue. So, I kind of dounbt it he the graphics chip issue. It's > history included the death of the cpu cooling fan, which I replaced. > The laptop belonged to a friend at the time. She sent it to me to > fix. I replaced the cooling fan with an identical one specified by > the same manufacturer and model number on the dead fan. > > After fan replacement, it started having this intermittent problem. > So, I am led to strongly suspect that overheating may have caused > the problem before I even put in the new fan. . before replacing or installing newer cpu, do what has already been mentioned. clean away old thermal paste, apply fresh _white_ *high temp* thermal paste. _do_not_ use a clear paste. clear does not give needed transfer. as for installing newer type cpu, contact AMD support. who would know better? ;-) to find out if cpu is causing problem, use this script; #!/bin/sh while true ; do sensors >> ~/00-check-sensors sleep 600 ## set sleep period to an interval of your choice. done when system locks up again, open "00-check-sensors" to see history for temps and fans. years back, i had a 586 system locking up. running above script showed memory fan was slowing down. replaced fan, problem ended. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org