Strange 'buntu crash

[david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org (David Kramer)]

On 08/21/2010 03:45 PM, edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote:
> 10.04 LTS - 32-bit system just crashed, displaying the Xubuntu splash 
> screen, frozen mouse pointer and both the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock 
> lights on the keyboard flashed on and off.
> 
> Rebooted system, it did not go through a file system check (I thought it 
> would) and it came up fine.
> 
> Any thoughts as to what might have happened?

Almost every time I've personally see that happening, it was
overheating.  Especially on laptops.