Inspiron 1501 freezing up

dakiely · 09-27-2008, 01:02 PM

I have a dell inspiron 1501 with AMD 64 Athlon X2 and I gig of RAM and XP Pro. After start up programs become unresponsive and Hard Disk Light remains lit. I don't know what is making this happen. Any Suggestions how to repair?

**TriggerFinger** · 09-28-2008, 05:32 AM

You mean that when you power it ON, no lights turn ON, no activity whatsoever? Check your AC adapter output.

dakiely · 09-28-2008, 06:34 AM

No, powers up fine and windows starts, then when attempting to start any application they begin to start and every thing freezes.

**TriggerFinger** · 09-28-2008, 07:01 AM

Check your RAM first using Memtest. Then check your HDD using the HDD maker's diagnostic tool. D/load and burn the tools into a CD. Once done, pop in the CD and boot from CD drive. Diagnostic will run immediately. Observe any errors.

09-27-2008, 01:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
dakiely Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro	Inspiron 1501 freezing up I have a dell inspiron 1501 with AMD 64 Athlon X2 and I gig of RAM and XP Pro. After start up programs become unresponsive and Hard Disk Light remains lit. I don't know what is making this happen. Any Suggestions how to repair?

09-28-2008, 05:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,160 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Inspiron 1501 freezing up You mean that when you power it ON, no lights turn ON, no activity whatsoever? Check your AC adapter output. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE Last edited by TriggerFinger; 09-28-2008 at 06:55 AM.

09-28-2008, 06:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
dakiely Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro	Re: Inspiron 1501 freezing up No, powers up fine and windows starts, then when attempting to start any application they begin to start and every thing freezes.

09-28-2008, 07:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,160 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Inspiron 1501 freezing up Check your RAM first using Memtest. Then check your HDD using the HDD maker's diagnostic tool. D/load and burn the tools into a CD. Once done, pop in the CD and boot from CD drive. Diagnostic will run immediately. Observe any errors. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE