Comment 5 for bug 670092

Well, on my SL500, none of the maverick kernels 2.6.35-22-generic to 2.6.35-28-generic resolved the problem. When it fails, it locks up and eventually the fan starts going full throttle. After sitting like that for a while (possibly overnight), it often has to be hard powered off before turning back on. I assume the system is overheating at that point.

About a week ago I installed the lucid-updates kernel 2.6.32-30-generic , and I've not seen the issue since.