Re: Thinkpad A31 with Win2K SP4 hangs FREQUENTLY

From: Sean Robertson (webolutionary_at_webolutionary.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:07:38 -0500

BTW, it also freezes in safe mode. What the heck could still be running
that would lock it up even in safe mode???

"seanr" <webolutionary@webolutionary.com> wrote in message
news:1103664038.405277.15180@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I have an IBM Thinkpad A31 laptop with Win2K Pro SP4 (including all
> security updates and latest drivers) which hangs VERY frequently.
> Sometimes it will only run for a minute or so before it freezes. It
> doesn't even produce a blue screen like Win2K usually does, it just
> locks solid. I've never even seen Win2K do this before. It seems
> totally random, not tied to any specific program or activity. I heard
> reports about problems with the trackpoint, so I disabled that in the
> bios, but it made no difference. I also use the restore last known
> good configuration option in the boot menu for Win2K, but that didn't
> help either. Setting my video hardware accelleration down to the
> next-to-lowest setting also didn't work. Anyone know what the heck
> might be going on here? The laptop is basically useless at this point.
> Why the hell isn't Win2K at least giving me an error message? Nothing
> shows up in the event log, so I have no idea how to figure this out.
> Any help anyone can offer would be GREATLY appreciated.
>

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