Winbook X4 problems

[steve154]

Hi,

I have a Winbook X4 that is about two years old and is out of warranty. Within the past few weeks it has started to lock up on me after varying amounts of use. Once locked up, I have to do a hard shut down and when a restart is tried the power will come on, but it will do nothing. Just sits there with a blank screen, no beeps, nothing. If I wait 5-10 minutes it will start properly but eventually locks up and the cycle continues. I have tried formatting and a fresh install off of the recovery partition with neg. results. I did a complete format and installed a fresh version of XP pro off of a CD and still the same thing. I am thinking that it is a heat issue with something, but the fan is working etc...HELP!!!!!!!

Thanks,

Steve

 

[newbiepcuser]

Definelty sound like a heat issue if its takes certain amount of time before it locks up. The fans might be spinning but there is no way if its spinning at a certain rpm to cool the cpu and board down.

Since its out of warranty, can you open it up to check or have somebody that is farmilar with notebooks that can do it?

 

[steve154]

Hi,

I tried opening the case and couldn't get it. I am in the process of trying to find someone who is reputable and won't rip me off. Sending it back to Winbook is not an option right now. I have heard horror stories about the cost of their non-warranty repairs and it just isn't worth it to throw anything more than a few bucks at this.

Thanks,

Steve

 

[newbiepcuser]

Hi,

I tried opening the case and couldn't get it. I am in the process of trying to find someone who is reputable and won't rip me off. Sending it back to Winbook is not an option right now. I have heard horror stories about the cost of their non-warranty repairs and it just isn't worth it to throw anything more than a few bucks at this.

Thanks,

Steve

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! They charge a grip.

Former Micro Center (Winbook's retail chain) employee, they will spread you eagle you faster than Paris Hilton on a date.

 

[LiLithTecH]

Have you tried reseating the RAM?

 

[steve154]

The computer has 512Mb of RAM. I could only get at one stick becasue the other is locked away inside the case. I tried reseating the one I could and that did nothing. A memory problem was one of the first things I thought of. I even removed the one stick and tried it without it. Same thing. That doesn't mean that the other stick isn't bad though, or just needs a reseat. I need to get in the case. This would be so much easier if it were a desktop....

Thanks for the suggestion,

Steve