Inspiron 1100 hangs or shuts off

Question

First a brief background… The system (Inspiron 1100 w/XP home SP2) would freeze or power itself down once or twice per week. Appeared to be sort of heat related as the fan was running at the highest speed when the O/S was frozen, as session on the deck at 40 degrees probably disproves the over heating theory.. After a few weeks of putting up with it, decided to do something about it… not the best idea I’ve ever had…. Each are every time I attempt reinstall the O/S. it hangs during the file transfer process, sometimes at 5% completed other times at 85%. I’ve tried a retail version of XP home with the same results. Diagnostics gave an indication of a read and a verify problem on the IDE device, I installed a new (purchased from Dell) disk drive, the error went away with the old drive. Still the same problem, when attempting to reinstall the O/S it hangs during the file transfer process. Reverted back to the original memory configuration, same results. I’m thinking I have a problem with the processor board, but I need a second or third opinion before I spend the dollars. Any thoughts? Thanks, Lerry

Acrufox · Answer

Partition the drive in half, copy your install CD over to the 2nd partition than install off that partition. If the disc contents copy correctly than your optical drive is good. If install still fails than reseat and if you have a 2nd system with a burner do a low level format on the drive and see if it finds anything.

Also make sure your system heatsink is blown out of dust, the 1000,1100,and 5000 series laptops have heat issues, so if that is the case, get rid of the dust or install outside :)

Marc

cazint · Answer

Yes, good chance of a heat related problem. Read here:http://www.geocities.com/i5100dustproblem/ good luck.

egjohnson · Answer

What was the resolution to the file transfer issue? I'm having a similar problem now with my Inspiron 1100. A bootable copy of McAfee indicated a virus called "Slowly" had infect many of my OS files, so the hard-drive was secure formatted. I've repeatedly tried reinstalling the OS with no luck. Either the files fail to load or, on occasion, I get a blue-screen message.

Thanks in advance for the reply! Enjoy the day!

Ed

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