M: “My computer has locked up. The only indication that it still is working is the Caps Lock key is blinking”.
B: “Blinking?”
M: “Yes, it’s just sitting there, blinking”.
B: “That’s unusual”.
M: “<Sigh> Linux isn’t ready for the Desktop”.
B: “I think it’s your laptop that isn’t ready for the Linux”.
M: “Hmpf.”
Yep it’s the kernel saying its had a hardware failure and can’t go on (panic).
Are you able to get it to happen while in console mode?