IBM Thinkpad A31 constant freezing...

[kensai01]

I have a IBM Thinkpad A31 /w 1.6 pentium 4, 512 ram and all the standard stuff on that model.

Just recently it started freezing. When I say freezing I mean, anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes after I boot up it just freezes. Doesn't matter what I'm doing. The mouse pointer stops moving and thats that. Have to power it down and back up.

First, I scaned for viruses. Found nothing... still froze up.

Then, I formated the entire hard drive from scratch.... still froze up.

I started thinking then its not software, but a hardware problem. I replaced the ram with brand new sticks, 2x 512 sticks to bring it to 1 gb of ram.
Booted it up, aaaaaaaaand froze AGAIN!

I'm stuck. I don't know wth to do :\.... the ram didnt' solve it, neither did a full format.

Any ideas fellas?? I need this computer for school and work!

 

[LiLithTecH]

You didn't mention an OS, but if Win2k or XP, have you checked
the EVENT LOG for any clues?

Does it freeze if you boot into SAFE MODE?

 

[kensai01]

yes, its winxp...

It freezes in safemode as well...

I'm thinking its the fans and / or the thermal paste "wore out"?

I'll clean (replace if i have to) the fans and re-apply some thermal paste to the cpu. see if that will fix it...