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About 15-30 minutes after I boot up, my computer flat out stops. The only way to make it work again is force shutdown using the power button or Alt+Print Screen+REISUB.

Why is this happening, and how do I fix it?

Details:

Specs?

Output from uname -a:

Linux lenny-bird 4.7.3-040703-generic #201609070334 SMP Wed Sep 7 07:36:45 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output from lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06)
    DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [1043:8534]

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Aly
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You are using Kernel version 4.8 release candidate 5. Although the very latest and greatest kernel version can fix newly discovered glitches they can sometimes have regression and older glitches can occur.

I'd recommend rolling back to the latest stable Kernel version 4.7.3 which has solved a number of Intel CPU issues for me that first started with Kernel 4.4 and continued to 4.6.3. The primary concern was Intel Turbo Boost constantly running (processor at 3.4 Ghz, instead of 1.2 to 2.4 Ghz) and running hot (10c to 20c above normal).

To rollback to Kernel 4.7.3 (or to upgrade for others reading this post bearing in mind the current date is Sept 11/2016) copy and paste the lines below one by one into the Terminal and press Enter:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.3/linux-headers-4.7.3-040703_4.7.3-040703.201609070334_all.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.3/linux-headers-4.7.3-040703-generic_4.7.3-040703.201609070334_amd64.deb
$ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.3/linux-image-4.7.3-040703-generic_4.7.3-040703.201609070334_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i 'linux-headers-4.7*.deb' 'linux-image-4.7*.deb'
$ sudo reboot

If the recently installed kernel version is unsatisfactory you can choose a different version at boot time in grub by picking Advanced options sub-menu.

It is generally recommended that you do not update the Kernel beyond the version provided automatically by Ubuntu unless you have a specific reason for doing so.

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