Windows XP Freezes

Hi everyone,

I have the S1 P400A9 and I've got a Fujitsu MHV2100BH 100gig hard drive. For some random occasions, the computer will completely stop/freeze and I'm forced to hold the power button for 5 seconds or so to turn off the machine then reboot. Does anyone else have this problem?

I have ALL the LG software installed that came with the CDs, I was initially thinking it could be like the Matrix Manager or what-not. Could the software be the problem, is the supplied system software even necessary? I've read that others don't install it at all.

Thanks

 

I have the same Hard Drive in my S1-M002A9 and i have had a similar problem before. I uninstalled most of the system software when i got my machine since i dont deem most of it necessary. The only difference in my case was that my computer would freeze...and then go into a Blue Screen of Death. If i am playing audio at that time, it would go into a continuous loop of the past 2 seconds of the clip.

Im pretty sure (mainly from info on the internet/few friends) that the problem i had was due to a corrupt sector on my hard drive, and i was able to solve this by completely formatting my hard drive and reinstalling windows (which was franky overdue....since i always format a new machine after making backups etc.)
Its working perfect after the reformatting. Stable and had no problems whatsoever.

 

well, I didn't format my hard drive, and it is working very fine. No problems at all
Btw, I have all the LG software installed that came with the CDs too.

 

I thought I'd bring back this topic cuz I have another issue

I actually replaced the Fujitsu hard drive that came with it and got a Seagate 160gb 5400rpm, and I'm still subject to those same random crashes! For some reason, I highly doubt that this hard drive also has a bad sector, but rather, is due to the laptop or windows XP installation or some LG software?

Any ideas/help?

Thanks

 

If it was me having this problem I'll probably go thro these steps:

1 – Uninstall all extra programs. Starting from the latest to the oldest.

2 – Do a system scan to make sure all system files in the original shape.

3 – Perhaps a defragment.

4 – Try to notice what program is open when my pc crashes.

5 – A virus and spy scan will not harm as well.

 

I'd suggest if this doesn't work, to also disconnect peripheral hardware (if that's a possibility). The next time your machine freezes, on restart take a look at your Event Viewer; it might at least give a hint as to what's causing the problem.

 

Agree on hardware. It's rare to never I have hard lockups due to software. If software behaves badly I almost always get blue screens. It's when a driver or hardware piece is malfunctioning that I'll get hard lockups (no mouse pointer movement, no Caps Lock functionality, etc.

If you have anything connected over USB, disconnect it and run the laptop with nothing external. My honest guess though is RAM. It does go bad sometimes... and will do exactly that sort of lockup.