I have exactly the same issue, now that I revived my old Studio 1555. Had stopped using it many years ago as it had issues with the power button after a drop. Battery died, but now I bought a new battery, still keeps crashing. Installed a new power button, thinking that's the issue, no change (except the power button is much much brighter, maybe a current issue?..).
I had windows 7 on it, always crashed but ran fine in recovery mode. Decided to install Linux (mint 22.1 MATE) now, also crashes but runs fine in recovery.
Did 9 hours of Memtest86, 7 passes, seems RAM sticks are fine (2xDDR).
At this point I think it is either a GPU issue or something in the hardware is wrong.
Your experiences might hold new info if you would indulge me :)
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December 14th, 2025 11:42
Did you solve your issue in the end?
I have exactly the same issue, now that I revived my old Studio 1555. Had stopped using it many years ago as it had issues with the power button after a drop. Battery died, but now I bought a new battery, still keeps crashing. Installed a new power button, thinking that's the issue, no change (except the power button is much much brighter, maybe a current issue?..).
I had windows 7 on it, always crashed but ran fine in recovery mode. Decided to install Linux (mint 22.1 MATE) now, also crashes but runs fine in recovery.
Did 9 hours of Memtest86, 7 passes, seems RAM sticks are fine (2xDDR).
At this point I think it is either a GPU issue or something in the hardware is wrong.
Your experiences might hold new info if you would indulge me :)