System restarting without warning

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Published on 2010-02-28T19:48:14Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 0:44 UTC
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I was running Windows 7 and from time to time it shutdown with no reason. I was thinking that it might be my fault, because I was using an x86 OS on a Intel Core Duo system with 4GB RAM.

I just downloaded Ubuntu x64 in order to do some memory tests. The system is closing itself during the tests. Which can be the reason? What can I do?

ps: It is a laptop

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