LiLxJohnny
Golden Member
Here are my specs:
HP Pavilion ZE4101
Pentium 4-m 1.7 GHz
512 MB DDR PC2100
20 GB 4200 RPM HD
ATI Mobility Radeon with 64 MB of shared memory 🙁
What is happening with this laptop is that it would lock up once in a while and it seems like this lockup occurs when the HD is trying to do something (read/write) and the HD light would stay on and the whole system freezes.
I would try to do an install of windows xp (w/ sp1) and it would lockup when the OS tries to install files or drivers. Sometimes when I'm lucky, I would be able to get a clean install of the OS but it would lockup somewhere when I'm installing apps. On a good day, I would get a complete system without a problems but during normal use such as booting up into the desktop, it would freeze.
I've looked for updated drivers for the IDE controller, or basically anything that maybe available (e.g. BIOS updates, video card drivers) but to no success.
Does anyone who owns this laptop experience this problem?
Any insight would be helpful.
HP Pavilion ZE4101
Pentium 4-m 1.7 GHz
512 MB DDR PC2100
20 GB 4200 RPM HD
ATI Mobility Radeon with 64 MB of shared memory 🙁
What is happening with this laptop is that it would lock up once in a while and it seems like this lockup occurs when the HD is trying to do something (read/write) and the HD light would stay on and the whole system freezes.
I would try to do an install of windows xp (w/ sp1) and it would lockup when the OS tries to install files or drivers. Sometimes when I'm lucky, I would be able to get a clean install of the OS but it would lockup somewhere when I'm installing apps. On a good day, I would get a complete system without a problems but during normal use such as booting up into the desktop, it would freeze.
I've looked for updated drivers for the IDE controller, or basically anything that maybe available (e.g. BIOS updates, video card drivers) but to no success.
Does anyone who owns this laptop experience this problem?
Any insight would be helpful.
