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February 22nd, 2008 21:00
XPS M1730 Random Freeze - requiring a Cold Boot
Hey Guys,
I recently bought an XPS M1730 with the following specs:
XP Pro SP2
200GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT, running 1920x1200 @ 120DPI resolution
4GB RAM
PhysX H/W
I have applied all the available MS updates, and the drivers are upto date with Dell website, including BIOS version.
Have searched the Forum for similar problems (with an M1730) but found nothing of help.
My Problem:
XP will completely Freeze, this seems to occur totally randomly, can run for a few days or a few hours then freeze - requiring a Cold Boot.
I've checked all the Event Logs and can't find anything of use to resolve this problem
The XP is pretty clean since the system is new, and is running Norton 2008, no games installed, just MS Office 2003, FireFox, Skype, RegCure, TuneUp Utilities 2008, O&O Defrag 10x Security Task Manager, Garmin MapSource, standard Dell bundled appsand a few other similar apps.
SLI is disabled.
Have also run the "sfc /scannow" - but no help.
I have tried disabling as many things as i can think of in the hope of stumbling on something that's causing this freezing problem, but no luck to date.
I have not yet tried upgrading to SP3, wanted to leave this till last since it's still a Release Candidate version.
Any help/advice would be great - thanks.
Pawk
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February 22nd, 2008 21:00
klauzja
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February 22nd, 2008 22:00
Yes, I have used these utilities with great success, to tune up/speed up the PC, not many different PCs, never had any problems with these.
TheAussieDude
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February 22nd, 2008 23:00
You've just bought a brand new Notebook with pretty much the fastest gear you can buy in and yet one of the first apps you install is that stuff....why!
Do a fresh install while system hasn't got much stuff on and leaver that stuff off.
klauzja
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February 22nd, 2008 23:00
The PC is for business use not play.
Pawk
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February 23rd, 2008 14:00