IBM Thinkpad A31....

[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!

 

[WackyDan]

Do you have the recovery CD's? Just wondering if you were running the factory preload vs your own 2k/xp install.

Sounds like hardware. That's an old ThinkPad by today's standards. * I had an A31P and loved it.

 

[Atheus]

5 to 10 minutes after you start a laptop it freezes? Overheating.

That was the easiest diagnosis ever

 

[Steve]

memtest

 

[Oyeve]

Bad mobo I bet. Probably a loos solder joint somewhere. I see this all the time. A laptop is frozen or locked, the I sorta twist the laptop and it unfreezes. Very common on older laptops and newer T4x series too.