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hackersapien

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May 16th, 2007 09:00

Dell Inspiron E1505 Freezing

Hi,

I bought my Dell Inspiron E1505 WinXP MCE last year in September and everything has been okay until about a month ago when the computer started freezing and forcing me to reboot almost 5 times in one day. I haven't updated the BIOS or anything like that so I doubt if thats the problem, I've run antivirus scans and they've cleaned out any viruses available but still the problem persists. The specs of my machine are as follows:

Dell Inspiron E1505
1GB RAM
Intel Centrino Duo Processor
100GB HArd Disk
WinXP MCE

I find it hard to believe that less then a year after this laptop was purchased its already become a junk.

Please if you have any idea whats going on please post it here before i lose my mind.

Cheers

dunedin

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May 17th, 2007 14:00

hackersapien :smileyhappy:
 
Here are some common causes of lockups:
1. Software incompatibility
2. Hardware incompatibility or incorrect device driver
3. Bad RAM
4. Video card problems
5. Dying power supply

Processor getting too hot
1.Check for overheating
Download
Everest   http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
When the program opens up click on
Computer/Sensor
You will see the temps there.
 
2. Had you just installed anything before freezing started?
 
3, Unplug everything not needed and remove all cards except video and see if it is any better. If it is, add them one at a time any try out till you find the culprit.
 
4. Stop anything running in the background (including Windows Updates, firewall and antivirus, but stay offline to do it) and check as above
 
5. Have you checked in Task Manager if anything is hogging the CPU?
 
6. Have you run chkdsk /r ?
 
7.  Test RAM
If you have more than one stick of RAM (256MB or more) take one out and try again. If it does not help or makes things worse swap the sticks and try again. This will identify if you have a bad stick.
 
OR
You can put either of these free programs on a floppy and test the RAM
 
memtest86           
http://www.memtest86.com/
 
Windows Memory Diagnostic           
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

hackersapien

3 Posts

May 18th, 2007 20:00


@dunedin wrote:
hackersapien :smileyhappy:
Here are some common causes of lockups:
1. Software incompatibility
2. Hardware incompatibility or incorrect device driver
3. Bad RAM
4. Video card problems
5. Dying power supply

Processor getting too hot
1.Check for overheating
Download
Everest http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
When the program opens up click on
Computer/Sensor
You will see the temps there.
2. Had you just installed anything before freezing started?
3, Unplug everything not needed and remove all cards except video and see if it is any better. If it is, add them one at a time any try out till you find the culprit.
4. Stop anything running in the background (including Windows Updates, firewall and antivirus, but stay offline to do it) and check as above
5. Have you checked in Task Manager if anything is hogging the CPU?
6. Have you run chkdsk /r ?
7. Test RAM
If you have more than one stick of RAM (256MB or more) take one out and try again. If it does not help or makes things worse swap the sticks and try again. This will identify if you have a bad stick.
OR
You can put either of these free programs on a floppy and test the RAM
Windows Memory Diagnostic
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp




I tried the major geeks app and I got the temperature of the CPU at 86F/30C now I'm not sure if that is a good temperature, but I did notice that whenever the computer is shutdown and of for several minutes it works pretty well until the next time it goes warm.

basically i'm stumped.

hackersapien

3 Posts

May 18th, 2007 22:00

I checked the device manager, no "yellow" errors to report there.

I then checked the event viewer/systems and noticed only one main error that keeps popping up but hasnt been there today yet my machine has frozen about 5 times, the error is:

Error Source W32Time The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 30 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.
Error Source W32VC The service could not bind instance 1.

Any ideas?

dunedin

2.7K Posts

May 18th, 2007 22:00

That temperature is OK.
 
Did you go through my check list?  Was everything OK?
 
Have a look in these places for errors
1. Right click My Computer / Properties / Hardware / Device Manager.
Look for "Yellow" errors
 
2. Control Panel / Performance and Maintenance / Admin Tools / Event Viewer / System.
Look for "Red" errors. Double click on error.
Take a note of the Event ID and also the Source and post them back.

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