[COLUG] Memtest86 causes reboot??

[David Sherman]

I would go back to Ubuntu 7.04 and see what happens. 

Then I would troubleshoot.

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:37:40 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>
>Howdy All,
>
>My fiancee has a Dell E1505n (the one that shipped with Ubuntu 7.04) and 
>had been working well until recently.  These symptoms started happening 
>about a week or two after upgrading to Ubuntu 7.10.
>
>Basically, the keyboard stops working.  That includes ALL of the keys, 
>including the blue Fn keys.  (Those have always worked, even when X was 
>locked up)
>
>Upon a reboot, there is a long series of beeps and the keyboard still 
>doesn't work.
>
>After a 24 hour wait (!!), the keyboard works again.
>
>For kicks, I picked the Memtest86 menu item.  At approximately 8% complete 
>(that is, 8% of the tests), the laptop rebooted, and the keyboard is 
>locked up again.  (Last time this happened she had about two days' of use 
>before the problem cropped up again.)
>
>I don't have a USB keyboard lying around to see if this is a keyboard 
>issue or a memory/motherboard issue.
>
>Should Memtest86 cause a reboot?  The built-in Dell diagnostics don't 
>indicate a problem...
>
>Thanks,
>J
>
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