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    Compal FL90 problem

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by knm, Nov 26, 2008.

  1. knm

    knm Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have this problem with my Compal FL90 - once in 15min-few hours laptop hangs for several seconds, then you can hear hard drive starts and everything is ok. I had few Windows XP instalations and its always the same. I suspect its a driver problem but only drivers are on the CD i got to the notebook. Any1 knows the problem and solution?
    Thx
     
    knm, Nov 26, 2008
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  2. masterbw

    masterbw Notebook Evangelist

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    Check power options, make sure your HDD does not go into standby after 15 minutes of idle. Increase that or disable it.
     
    masterbw, Nov 26, 2008
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    Dirt Notebook Evangelist

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    I had this problem fixed by switching to Vista, no matter what I did in XP it still hanged up. Most possible reason would be Microsoft WGA Tool. You may try installing XP without running any auto updates. I sugest you get XP SP3 installation and integrate RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP3 Update Pack, it comes without WGA by default.
     
    Dirt, Nov 27, 2008
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