Hi all. I've got a bit of a problem with my laptop, an Advent QT5500, Yes i know its not the best of makes and what not but its lasted me a good 4-5 years and has served me well up until now
It started freezing up on me a few weeks ago and as days have gone by, its gotten worse. So bad that as soon as i boot it up, within 10 minutes it freezes. It doesn't matter if i'm using it or not, it just crashes.
Now when i shut it down pressing the power button for a good few seconds and try to boot it back up, the fan keeps and spinning, its loud and the screen is blank. This happens nearly all the time now, I have to leave it switched off for about 10 minutes until i can boot it back up again
It cant be an overheating issue as i took it apart the other day and reapplied thermal compound onto the CPU, Ive checked the fan and its working fine so all i can gather is its a bad RAM
Ive done all the basics, disk check, ran spyware, antivirus scans, Tried to run Memtest but i cant because it freezes before i can run it. Booted it into safe mode and it even crashes in that mode
I'm looking for a new machine, a netbook but it would be good if i could bring this one back to life first
Any ideas as to what could be the cause of the freezing? What are the symptoms of a bad RAM?
Thanks guys
It started freezing up on me a few weeks ago and as days have gone by, its gotten worse. So bad that as soon as i boot it up, within 10 minutes it freezes. It doesn't matter if i'm using it or not, it just crashes.
Now when i shut it down pressing the power button for a good few seconds and try to boot it back up, the fan keeps and spinning, its loud and the screen is blank. This happens nearly all the time now, I have to leave it switched off for about 10 minutes until i can boot it back up again
It cant be an overheating issue as i took it apart the other day and reapplied thermal compound onto the CPU, Ive checked the fan and its working fine so all i can gather is its a bad RAM
Ive done all the basics, disk check, ran spyware, antivirus scans, Tried to run Memtest but i cant because it freezes before i can run it. Booted it into safe mode and it even crashes in that mode
I'm looking for a new machine, a netbook but it would be good if i could bring this one back to life first
Any ideas as to what could be the cause of the freezing? What are the symptoms of a bad RAM?
Thanks guys