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Laptop noisy hanging
Hello guys!
Just recently my notebook with SSD , 1 gig dedicated graphics and 8gig or RAM suddenly froze up with humming sound that I have to press the start button to shut it down. When I pressed the start button again the windows 7 went to repair mode, then restarted by itself and then run normally after that The laptop was just running for 15 minutes when it happened so I'm sure its not overheating. My internet security was well updated and regularly scanning my PC so its not malware fault. I am certain this is a hardware fault but have no idea where it come from. I would like to know if anybody here have experience this thing....with their units and how did they sort it out? TIA Roy |
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On 4/3/2011 7:12 AM, Roy wrote:
Hello guys! Just recently my notebook with SSD , 1 gig dedicated graphics and 8gig or RAM suddenly froze up with humming sound that I have to press the start button to shut it down. When I pressed the start button again the windows 7 went to repair mode, then restarted by itself and then run normally after that The laptop was just running for 15 minutes when it happened so I'm sure its not overheating. My internet security was well updated and regularly scanning my PC so its not malware fault. I am certain this is a hardware fault but have no idea where it come from. I would like to know if anybody here have experience this thing....with their units and how did they sort it out? TIA Roy What you describe certainly sounds as if it might be an overheating problem to me. Why are you certain that it isn't? There are only a few things that will hum in a laptop: cooling fan, hard drive, speaker. Hard drives are not prone to curing themselves and speakers don't usually hang a system. To me that leaves the fan. Have you observed the fan spinning and also watched it increase in speed as the system heats up? When I see problems like this I verify that the fan is running, the heatsink(s) are clean, and that they are well-attached to the chips underneath with proper thermal compound in the proper quantity and in the correct places. |
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On Apr 3, 9:07*pm, John McGaw wrote:
On 4/3/2011 7:12 AM, Roy wrote: Hello guys! Just recently my notebook *with *SSD , 1 gig dedicated graphics and 8gig or RAM *suddenly froze up with humming sound * that I have to press the start button to shut it *down. When I pressed the start button again the windows 7 went to repair mode, then restarted by itself and then run normally after that The laptop was just running for 15 minutes when *it happened so I'm sure its not overheating. My internet security was *well updated and regularly scanning my PC so its not * malware fault. I am certain this is a hardware fault but have no idea where it come from. I would like to know if anybody here have experience this thing....with their *units and how did they sort it out? TIA Roy What you describe certainly sounds as if it might be an overheating problem to me. Why are you certain that it isn't? There are only a few things that will hum in a laptop: cooling fan, hard drive, speaker. Hard drives are not prone to curing themselves and speakers don't usually hang a system. To me that leaves the fan. Have you observed the fan spinning and also watched it increase in speed as the system heats up? When I see problems like this I verify that the fan is running, the heatsink(s) are clean, and that they are well-attached to the chips underneath with proper thermal compound in the proper quantity and in the correct places. Sounds like the noise of dedicated NVIDIA graphics fan...( as the hard drives are all solid state).I suppose......But once this freezing happens I can't do nothing to stop it short of pressing the shutdown button for 5 seconds..... I checked the heat sink is clean and the laptop feels cool as it was just running for just around 15 minutes when it happened. What is intriguing is it just sorted it self out and did not experience it again ....just crossing my fingers it won't happen again.. Is there a possibility that it might be an outdated drivers? |
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On 4/3/2011 6:06 PM, Roy wrote:
On Apr 3, 9:07 pm, John wrote: On 4/3/2011 7:12 AM, Roy wrote: Hello guys! Just recently my notebook with SSD , 1 gig dedicated graphics and 8gig or RAM suddenly froze up with humming sound that I have to press the start button to shut it down. When I pressed the start button again the windows 7 went to repair mode, then restarted by itself and then run normally after that The laptop was just running for 15 minutes when it happened so I'm sure its not overheating. My internet security was well updated and regularly scanning my PC so its not malware fault. I am certain this is a hardware fault but have no idea where it come from. I would like to know if anybody here have experience this thing....with their units and how did they sort it out? TIA Roy What you describe certainly sounds as if it might be an overheating problem to me. Why are you certain that it isn't? There are only a few things that will hum in a laptop: cooling fan, hard drive, speaker. Hard drives are not prone to curing themselves and speakers don't usually hang a system. To me that leaves the fan. Have you observed the fan spinning and also watched it increase in speed as the system heats up? When I see problems like this I verify that the fan is running, the heatsink(s) are clean, and that they are well-attached to the chips underneath with proper thermal compound in the proper quantity and in the correct places. Sounds like the noise of dedicated NVIDIA graphics fan...( as the hard drives are all solid state).I suppose......But once this freezing happens I can't do nothing to stop it short of pressing the shutdown button for 5 seconds..... I checked the heat sink is clean and the laptop feels cool as it was just running for just around 15 minutes when it happened. What is intriguing is it just sorted it self out and did not experience it again ....just crossing my fingers it won't happen again.. Is there a possibility that it might be an outdated drivers? Few things (beyond honest politicians) are totally impossible. Up-to-date drivers, especially graphics, are always important especially with bleeding-edge hardware. Graphics companies seem to overhaul and update their drivers far more often than most and a graphics driver bug can kill a system in more ways than most. I really hate problems with seem to cure themselves since they seldom seem to stay cured for the long term and the next time they crop up one is left as clueless as the first time. |
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Roy wrote:
On Apr 3, 9:07 pm, John McGaw wrote: On 4/3/2011 7:12 AM, Roy wrote: Hello guys! Just recently my notebook with SSD , 1 gig dedicated graphics and 8gig or RAM suddenly froze up with humming sound that I have to press the start button to shut it down. When I pressed the start button again the windows 7 went to repair mode, then restarted by itself and then run normally after that The laptop was just running for 15 minutes when it happened so I'm sure its not overheating. My internet security was well updated and regularly scanning my PC so its not malware fault. I am certain this is a hardware fault but have no idea where it come from. I would like to know if anybody here have experience this thing....with their units and how did they sort it out? TIA Roy What you describe certainly sounds as if it might be an overheating problem to me. Why are you certain that it isn't? There are only a few things that will hum in a laptop: cooling fan, hard drive, speaker. Hard drives are not prone to curing themselves and speakers don't usually hang a system. To me that leaves the fan. Have you observed the fan spinning and also watched it increase in speed as the system heats up? When I see problems like this I verify that the fan is running, the heatsink(s) are clean, and that they are well-attached to the chips underneath with proper thermal compound in the proper quantity and in the correct places. Sounds like the noise of dedicated NVIDIA graphics fan...( as the hard drives are all solid state).I suppose......But once this freezing happens I can't do nothing to stop it short of pressing the shutdown button for 5 seconds..... I checked the heat sink is clean and the laptop feels cool as it was just running for just around 15 minutes when it happened. What is intriguing is it just sorted it self out and did not experience it again ....just crossing my fingers it won't happen again.. Is there a possibility that it might be an outdated drivers? I told you before (perhaps in another group?) that it's the crappy MLC drives that your Sony craptop uses in RAID configuration that would cause you problems. When was that? A few months back? -- Shaun. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche |
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On Apr 9, 9:58*am, "~misfit~" wrote:
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Roy wrote: I told you before (perhaps in another group?) that it's the crappy MLC drives that your Sony craptop uses in RAID configuration that would cause you problems. Look here gay monster... This problem is already solved by the Sony laptop forum...so your rant is untimely... |
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Roy wrote:
On Apr 9, 9:58 am, "~misfit~" wrote: Somewhere on teh intarwebs Roy wrote: I told you before (perhaps in another group?) that it's the crappy MLC drives that your Sony craptop uses in RAID configuration that would cause you problems. Look here gay monster... This problem is already solved by the Sony laptop forum...so your rant is untimely... LOL. Must be a busy forum.... -- Shaun. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche |
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