My laptop seems to be crashing at random times
#1
Posted 16 October 2005 - 02:22 AM
#2
Posted 17 October 2005 - 07:17 AM
#3
Posted 17 October 2005 - 08:14 AM
#4
Posted 28 October 2005 - 04:59 PM
Austin: It seems to not matter. It seems to crash reguardless of when the power cord is plugged in. It has crashed on me when the power cord was plugged in, and it has crashed on me when the plug wasn't plugged into the computer. EDIT: it runs off of a AC adapter.
dsenette: what do you mean by BSOD?
Edited by SA_Max71, 28 October 2005 - 05:01 PM.
#5
Posted 30 October 2005 - 01:21 PM
#6
Posted 31 October 2005 - 07:32 AM
#7
Posted 31 October 2005 - 10:29 AM
#8
Posted 31 October 2005 - 10:35 AM
When it crashes and windows is running, it displayes the blue screen of death.
Please clarify.. First you say you get a BSOD, now in your last post you say you don't!! Which one is it??
Murray
#9
Posted 31 October 2005 - 10:36 AM
Sorry... after 3 days of waiting for a responce to this topic I quit checking this topic.
You posted on the 16th and received 2 replies on the 17th!! Not quite 3 days !!
Murray
#10
Posted 31 October 2005 - 10:37 AM
Murray
#11
Posted 31 October 2005 - 10:37 AM
To be able to see the BSOD you must disable automatically restart on system failure.
Right click my computer > click properties > click advanced > click settings under startup and recovery > untick automatically restart and click ok twice.
#12
Posted 31 October 2005 - 07:20 PM
Unfortunately, I am the second owner of this computer. Up until a month and a half ago it was working just fine. It started to stop working correctly when I formatted it. (I inserted the windows XP disk, booted off of it, deleted the partion, and then reformatted it as a NFTS partion.) Because I am the second owner of this computer, I did not get the user manual. I do not have a way to contact the person who sold me my laptop. I think I know what the CMOS battery is, since I have played around with the hardware of older desktop computers. Would this explain why the battery light is continuously flashing, even when its been plugged into the AC adaptor for more than 72 hours?Based on what you say is happening, have you replaced the CMOS battery yet?? Your user manual should show you where it is and how to get at it to replace it!!
Murray
*Sigh*. If the CMOS battery needs to be changed, it would seem my laptop is worthless then.
Well, since I am can not completely install windows XP at the moment, and I can only boot off of my hard drive or external CD ROM, I can not use CHKDSK. I don't think it would matter anyways (right?), since windows and the files it needs to install it are the only things on the hard drive at the moment.The clicking noise could be the hard drive! Have you run chkdsk on it?
To be able to see the BSOD you must disable automatically restart on system failure.
Right click my computer > click properties > click advanced > click settings under startup and recovery > untick automatically restart and click ok twice.
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I would also like to thank everyone for getting back to me as quickly as possible. I do not mean this in a sarcastic way.
#13
Posted 31 October 2005 - 08:03 PM
Also, is your XP cd an original or one you or someone else made for you (install and setup very different)..
Murray
#14
Posted 01 November 2005 - 10:46 AM
Go to your laptop's manufacturers website and search your system.. They usually have a users manual available there.. It will tell you about the CMOS battery..
Murray
OK, I will try that later. Thanks.
I am the only person that has it. There aren't any other copies of my CD Out there. I have very good reason that I am putting the CD key in correctly, but for some reason, it won't accept it.Also, is your XP cd an original or one you or someone else made for you (install and setup very different)..
Murray
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Posted 01 November 2005 - 10:52 AM
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