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notebook freezes
I have a vostro 1500 notebook. When I put it on in the next five minute it will freeze and will have to manually put it off and restart it again. I have done a fresh win xp service pack 2 installation, change the ram and hard drive but still freezes. Can someone help me out.
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Posted October 25th, 2008 00:00
What happens if you boot off a diagnostics CD for your model laptop and run the diags? That would eliminate drivers/OS as the cause.
I'm suspecting an overheating problem (check to see if the heatsink/fan is clogged with dust/dirty, or a defective fan). Worst case might be a bad CPU or system board.
You could also try removing any daughter cards (if your laptop has them) for wireless and BT, etc.
How old is the laptop?
-Kevin
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Posted October 22nd, 2008 10:00