Re:

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi,

On Sep 26, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> > Now it just happened again. There was no reboot, the machine just hung... 
> > stopped responding. Locally, the machine has a black screen and doesn't respond 
> > to even simple stuff like caps-lock. So I need to keep the power button pressed 
> > and recycle it.
> This is sounding more like a failing PSU or maybe leaky caps on the 
> motherboard, causing PWR_OK to be de-asserted and the machine to hard-hang, 
> requiring a full power-cycle.
true, but it is a laptop with a new battery... It worked very reliably 
until... the last kernel update. Of course, coincidences happen... 
however....

Riccardo