strange shutdowns with F7 [Solved]

[Claude Jones]

On Sun June 3 2007, Claude Jones wrote:
> Took the cover off the machine, and found the problem. The CPU fan cable
> was hanging loose.
>
> If this diagnosis is correct, it means that Fedora was doing a better job
> of protecting my machine then Windows XP - kudos to the developers if that
> turns out to be the case. (XP was quite willing to let the machine run and
> run, Fedora was shutting it down.)

Machine has been up and running for hours, now. I'd say my diagnosis/fix was 
correct. Thanks for the replies. 

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA