Can't boot Linux after motherboard change

[Paolo Galtieri]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 15:59 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote:
> > I still don't know what Linux is doing during boot that causes it to
> > power the system off while Windows boots just fine.
>
> Do you use an encrypted drive?  That's one thing that would require
> intensive CPU to decrypt, and one thing that Windows probably isn't
> doing.
>
> On my my older Fedora release, I do see something similar.  When I boot
> up, my laptop CPU rapidly gets *very* hot while just sitting there
> waiting for me to enter the password to decrypt the drive.  Dunno why
> it's grinding its gears before it's actually doing the work.
>
> No, it's not just the fan running at full speed, uncontrolled, it is
> venting out hot air.  Usually, there's just a slightly warm breeze being
> vented.
>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
> read messages from the public lists.
>
>
>
I don't have an encrypted drive.  But something is causing the fan to speed
up right before it powers off.

Paolo


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