This is more interesting than support, per se... I have an HP dv7t-4000 laptop (8GB, 1GBdedicated AMD video, i7 mobile) and when running Win7, it will often just hard-stop (no event viewer entry), as if the power cord was unplugged, or processor overheating. But these are not the case (its unrelated to the level of CPU usage level and monitors report no overheat). Anyway, here comes the question - why is Kubuntu (both 10.10 and Natty) rock-solid stable, even when I'm doing intense math calculations running at 90% CPU? I have had to install various Linux distros in the past with the APIC=OFF and NOACPI options - so I'm assuming that Linux simply uses the Intel hardware better than Windows does. I assume there is some subsytem that Windows depends on (like APIC) that Linux ignores, and this is what has gone bad on my motherboard.
Anyone have any ideas? This is sort of a hardware "wizard level" hardware-specific question. I hate mysteries like this (I don't like Faith-Based computers).
Thanks!
pattiMichelle
Anyone have any ideas? This is sort of a hardware "wizard level" hardware-specific question. I hate mysteries like this (I don't like Faith-Based computers).
Thanks!
pattiMichelle
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