You can try to run the memtest which I think is an option on ubuntu live cds. Borrow some eyes when you do that. If you do a propper ram test, the ram is cleared in the process. If i am wrong in the availability of the memtest on the cd, I have a staticly linked memory testing program somewhere. The problem sounds like hardware. It is not easy to take all power from a laptop, so you can try the second-best things, like trying to get into the bios and reset to factory settings, save and reboot. Over-write the ram with a memory tester etc. Good luck. Willem On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Rynhardt P Kruger wrote: > Hi, > > I have a strange problem. > I have an acer travelmate 4062LCi laptop that was running ubuntu > 8.04 until recently. > A few days ago, I turned on the laptop that was on hibernate and after > it asked me my password, it just didn't say any thing more. > I pressed some keys, but because I haven't installed my custom speakup > kernel yet, I couldn't get any more output. > When I held in the power button to turn it off, I hered for a second > orca saying something and then the laptop died. > When I booted again, it just hanged at some point and when I got someone > with eyes to the laptop, they told me that it is showing a blank screen > with a blinking cursor in the bottom right corner. > I tried to run Ubuntu from the live CD, but it gave the same blank > screen. I tried running grml1.1 live, but it stopped at the stage where > it searches for the grml file. With both Cd's, the CD just stops and > spin down, and you are Abel to take it out of the drive. Do you think it > is a hardware or a software problem? > I think that it may be something stuck in the ram, it happened someday > with my desktop PC, but I don't want to open my laptop, it is so > different from a desktop PC. > If I could just remove the ram and put it back again... > > Thanks for any help ahead of time. > > Take care, > > Rynhardt > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list