3 Jan
2011
3 Jan
'11
10:34 p.m.
Hi
Following up on my problem with Ubuntu locking up my ThinkPad R31 yesterday. Removing the internal wireless card - an Intel 2200BG - resolved it. Not sure whether it was a general problem with Ubuntu and that card or just my card. It has been floating around in my spares box for a while.
Another thing I noticed was yesterday the fan would come on every ten minutes, quite forcefully. I thought it was just because I was doing a lot on the machine - well, I was just surfing, DropBox and Skype, nothing much really.
Today, I have heard the machine fans only twice all day. I have done about the same on it. I actually dont do much else ever on my laptop.
I am wondering whether it is related.
Simon
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