linux-kernel - RE: Fwd: PROBLEM: Random kernel panic & system freeze when watching video

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Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:11:30 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Du Jiulun <dujiulun@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: RE: Fwd: PROBLEM: Random kernel panic & system freeze when watching
 video

> -- Panic DON'T happen when the laptop is running on battery. I've
> tried over 20 battery cycles (~40 hours) doing video playbacks and the
> computer never shut down.

So my best guess is that you have a h/w problem aggravated by high temperatures.
When you are on battery the system will be saving power - which means less heat
dissipated by many components inside your laptop case.

-Tony
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