Hi, i'd really appreciate any help anyone may be able to offer. i've got an ecs sysytems green 732 laptop, sold under the multivision brand name. It has a 2.53ghz pentium processor, 1024mb RAM, ati mobility 9000 graphics, 40gb hard drive and is about three and a half years old.
I've had problems with this laptop since it was about three months old. At this point it started crashing, this happened with increasing frequency over the period of week until it got to a stage where it would only show a black screen on reboot with no other signs of life other than the fan spinning. If I left it for a few days then it would usually start up fine but it would not be long before the cycle started again. It was sent back twice under warranty but they never fixed the problem which would always reappear within weeks of being returned to me. Unfortunately Multivision went bust before I could pursue the matter further with them . Since this time the laptop has been at the back of a cupboard with the occasional trip out for me to have an attempt at getting to the root of the problem.
Over the three years i have replaced the hard drive and the processor with no difference. Memory diagnostics have not shown any problems with the installed RAM and the drivers are all up to date. The only way I can get this laptop to work now is to remove and reinstall the processor, this fixes the problem everytime, it will work fine for about two days then start crashing again with the black screen on start up. If I repeat the procedure with the processor then its fine for another two days etc. (whats that all about??). As you can imagine this is hardly an ideal solution to the problem. If I knew it was a problem with the mother board I would replace that but how can I be sure, its a lot of money if i'm wrong.
Any ideas, I am at a loss and would be very grateful for the opinion/advice of anyone who feels they may have an angle on this.
Cheers Steve Mac.
I've had problems with this laptop since it was about three months old. At this point it started crashing, this happened with increasing frequency over the period of week until it got to a stage where it would only show a black screen on reboot with no other signs of life other than the fan spinning. If I left it for a few days then it would usually start up fine but it would not be long before the cycle started again. It was sent back twice under warranty but they never fixed the problem which would always reappear within weeks of being returned to me. Unfortunately Multivision went bust before I could pursue the matter further with them . Since this time the laptop has been at the back of a cupboard with the occasional trip out for me to have an attempt at getting to the root of the problem.
Over the three years i have replaced the hard drive and the processor with no difference. Memory diagnostics have not shown any problems with the installed RAM and the drivers are all up to date. The only way I can get this laptop to work now is to remove and reinstall the processor, this fixes the problem everytime, it will work fine for about two days then start crashing again with the black screen on start up. If I repeat the procedure with the processor then its fine for another two days etc. (whats that all about??). As you can imagine this is hardly an ideal solution to the problem. If I knew it was a problem with the mother board I would replace that but how can I be sure, its a lot of money if i'm wrong.
Any ideas, I am at a loss and would be very grateful for the opinion/advice of anyone who feels they may have an angle on this.
Cheers Steve Mac.
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