Re: [Hampshire] Random shutdowns (Ubuntu 7.04)

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Random shutdowns (Ubuntu 7.04)

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On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 05:22:44PM +0100, Vic wrote:
> > I'm suffering an apparently random shutdown
>
> Temperature. It always is...
>
> Take the cooler off your CPU & check the thermal grease. If there's
> anything there (there might not be!), it's probably dry and cracked; it
> doesn't work in this state.
>
> Clean off the CPU and the cooler base & re-apply vast gobs of fresh paste.


"vast gobs" is probably not what you want. I'd go for "a thin
layer, spread evenly to ensure that there are no bubbles".

Hugo.

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