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    Dell 1520 Freezing Problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by C01222, Aug 22, 2008.

  1. C01222

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    I have a Dell Inspiron 1520. Its the one that was given away from carphone warehouse (not great but I only bought it for £40). Now I have installed XP professional but it freezes randomly during use. I've found that I can resolve this by disabling the media card slot and firewire (they are together in BIOS). However it would be nice to get them working so I wondered if anybody knew what the problem was.

    Here are the specs:

    Processor
    Model : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 540 @ 1.86GHz
    Speed : 1.86GHz
    Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
    Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
    Internal Data Cache : 1x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size
    L2 On-board Cache : 1x 1MB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 4-way set, 64 byte line size

    Mainboard
    Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
    MP Support : No
    MP APIC : Yes
    System BIOS : AT/AT COMPATIBLE DELL - 27d70810
    Mainboard : Dell Inc. 0KY767
    Total Memory : 1014MB DDR2-SDRAM

    Chipset 1
    Model : Dell Computer Corp Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Express Processor to DRAM Controller
    Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
    Total Memory : 512MB DDR2-SDRAM
    Shared Memory : 8MB
    Memory Bus Speed : 4x 266MHz (1064MHz data rate)

    Video System
    Monitor/Panel : Generic PnP Monitor
    Adapter : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
    Adapter : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

    Physical Storage Devices
    Hard Disk : TOSHIBA MK8037GSX ATA Device (75GB)
    CD-ROM/DVD : TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632H ATA Device (CD 24X Rd, 24X Wr) (DVD 3X Rd, 3X Wr)

    Logical Storage Devices
    RECOVERY (D : 10GB (6.7GB, 67% Free Space) (NTFS)
    OS (C : 62GB (53GB, 86% Free Space) (NTFS)
    CD-ROM/DVD (E : N/A

    Peripherals
    Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 0 LPT
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836
    USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
    FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : RICOH OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
    Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse : Synaptics PS/2 Port Pointing Device

    Communication Device(s)
    Device : Conexant HDA D330 MDC V.92 Modem

    Printers and Faxes
    Model : Microsoft XPS Document Writer

    Power Management
    Mains (AC) Line Status : Off-Line
    Battery No 1 : 58%

    Operating System(s)
    Windows System : Microsoft Windows Vista Home 6.00.6000
    Platform Compliance : Win32 x86

    Network Services
    Adapter : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
    Adapter : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card

    Thanks in advance
     
    C01222, Aug 22, 2008
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