RE: [Thinkpad] A31P mYSTERIOUSLY hANGS

Hi Stuart,

Thanx for the quick reply. I'll try anything, but what worries me is the
association of vibration with the hang.

p@

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Biggar [mailto:Stuart.Biggar@opt-sci.Arizona.EDU]
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:55 PM
> To: pARISpAT
> Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] A31P mYSTERIOUSLY hANGS
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've got an A31P, 3 years old, and as of a couple of weeks ago, it
> suddenly
> >hangs. I thought it might have been a scratched hard drive, so I Ghosted
> >the old to a new drive and still have the same problem.
> >
> >The hangs occurs when there's movement to the machine. No flicker
> >beforehand, it just freezes where it was.
> >
> >I've removed all daughter cards and it still hangs.
> >
> >I spent the morning tearing it down to the mother board, thinking it
> might
> >have been a loose connector. I didn't really see what could have been
> loose
> >because all peripherals are surface mounted on the mother board. I put
> it
> >all back together again and still have the problem. (But was greatly
> >relieved that it booted up again! I was afraid of the Humpty-Dumpty
> >syndrome!)
> >
> >Anyone else run into this problem?
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >pARISpAT
> >
>
>
> I have an A21p. It started hanging in Windows (either 2000 or
> xp on different drives). It just worked with Solaris x86 (Unix)
> on either drive. It seemed to be worse with a Cardbus IBM
> a/b/g WiFi card plugged in (Windows only). I took the machine
> completely apart and put it back together (new thermal grease
> under the CPU). No change - still hangs (mouse freezes, ctrl-
> alt-del doesn't work, etc.). Sometimes unplugging the Cardbus
> wifi card would allow the mouse to work but not reliably.
>
> A couple of days ago I reset the bios to defaults. Since then
> the machine has been fine. I ran a data collection program
> overnight (uses special IEEE-488 card and serial and so on
> in a dock) and the wireless. No problems - I can't imagine how
> that would "fix" anything but I'm no expert. It has been running
> all day so far at home connected with wireless.
>
> I've ordered a new CMOS battery (it is a lithum button cell with
> wires and a tiny plug) in case that is low (about 4 years old).
>
> You might try resetting the bios and check to see that the
> CMOS battery is OK. Typical button lithium cells are 3 volts.
>
> Stuart

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Received on Sat Jan 22 18:01:04 2005