hardware freeze

bobdylan · 04-17-2008, 08:42 PM

ok, so here's my problem:

i've got a hp pavilion dv4000 notebook, and it freezes up completely unless you apply hard pressure directly to the left of the mousepad. all processes simply stop when it freezes up and the monitor seems to just pause on whatever it was displaying last.

when you press hard next to the mousepad the machine resumes whatever it was doing before, right where it left off. you can leave it frozen for hours and when you come back and apply pressure it'll unfreeze immeadiately, without showing any signs of becoming bogged down.

sometimes i've had it unfreeze on changing the monitor angle, or pressing on random spots around the comp, but mainly it's pressure to the left of the mousepad that does the trick.

another wierd thing is it never freezes when you first start it up, only when it begins booting/loading xp.

it seems like it's some loose hardware, maybe the ram or something, but i really have no idea... any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

bobdylan · 04-17-2008, 08:56 PM

btw heres some rly basic specs:

xp home 2002 sp2
intel celeron m 1.5 ghz
512 mb ddr sdram
64 mb integrated graphics
55ish gig hardrive
no idea what motherboard... intel something

**TriggerFinger** · 04-17-2008, 09:01 PM

hi bobdylan,

have you tried using another operating system like a linux live CD? it looks like hardware but as you said, it happens only when loading XP. so just to narrow down the list of probabilities, d/load Ubuntu and burn the image into CD (link on sig. below). boot with the Ubuntu live CD and see if you still get the 'freeze' and if you need to press the area left of the mousepad.

do post back your findings...

EDIT:
take this chance to run diags on your RAM modules too. AFAIK Memtest86+, a diagnostic tool for RAM is packaged with the Ubuntu live CD. It will be one of the choices once you booted on the live CD.

eztssbboy · 07-15-2008, 12:09 PM

I get the exact same thing on my toshiba Satellite notebook, have you found any kind of solution!?

Madcatz · 07-15-2008, 01:09 PM

what model of toshiba and where are you applying pressure at to get it to work?

04-17-2008, 08:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobdylan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp home 2002, sp2	hardware freeze ok, so here's my problem: i've got a hp pavilion dv4000 notebook, and it freezes up completely unless you apply hard pressure directly to the left of the mousepad. all processes simply stop when it freezes up and the monitor seems to just pause on whatever it was displaying last. when you press hard next to the mousepad the machine resumes whatever it was doing before, right where it left off. you can leave it frozen for hours and when you come back and apply pressure it'll unfreeze immeadiately, without showing any signs of becoming bogged down. sometimes i've had it unfreeze on changing the monitor angle, or pressing on random spots around the comp, but mainly it's pressure to the left of the mousepad that does the trick. another wierd thing is it never freezes when you first start it up, only when it begins booting/loading xp. it seems like it's some loose hardware, maybe the ram or something, but i really have no idea... any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks

04-17-2008, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
bobdylan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp home 2002, sp2	Re: hardware freeze btw heres some rly basic specs: xp home 2002 sp2 intel celeron m 1.5 ghz 512 mb ddr sdram 64 mb integrated graphics 55ish gig hardrive no idea what motherboard... intel something

04-17-2008, 09:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: hardware freeze hi bobdylan, have you tried using another operating system like a linux live CD? it looks like hardware but as you said, it happens only when loading XP. so just to narrow down the list of probabilities, d/load Ubuntu and burn the image into CD (link on sig. below). boot with the Ubuntu live CD and see if you still get the 'freeze' and if you need to press the area left of the mousepad. do post back your findings... EDIT: take this chance to run diags on your RAM modules too. AFAIK Memtest86+, a diagnostic tool for RAM is packaged with the Ubuntu live CD. It will be one of the choices once you booted on the live CD. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE Last edited by TriggerFinger; 04-17-2008 at 09:03 PM.

07-15-2008, 12:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
eztssbboy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Re: hardware freeze I get the exact same thing on my toshiba Satellite notebook, have you found any kind of solution!?

07-15-2008, 01:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,385 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: hardware freeze what model of toshiba and where are you applying pressure at to get it to work?