Troubleshooting power in an XO; was "Replacing internal SD card."

[James Cameron]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 12:40:02PM -0500, Peter Easthope wrote:
> From:	Aaron <aaronbedford at gmail.com>, Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:10:54 -0400
> > My original xo 1.5 has power issues, it shuts off randomly especially
> > when i's trying to think too hard, or mostly when on battery any more
> > even with a good working battery, ...

Don't know what else was said, was off-list, but my suggestions are:

- run the XO Self Test, because this will test the thermal binding
  between the CPU and the heat spreader,

  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Self_Test

- tell us if the problem happens when on external power only.

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James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/