T61 - No boot for a few hours after BSOD (Pic)

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diverdsk · #1 Post by **diverdsk** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:47 pm

I have a strange predicament. My computer has been BSOD like crazy recently, for all different reasons. I did install Norton 360 2.0 recently, but I also have it on other computers with no problems.

So, after the BSOD, my computer is literally dead. The battery and power lights are on, but when I click power on, nothing happens.

So, if I let the computer sit for a few hours, then I can boot it. ????

Sometimes it works for a few hours and then BSOD and again, I have to wait a few hours.

I talked to lenovo, removed the battery and power supply and hit the power button 10 times to reset it, etc.

This is really frustrating. I guess I can only just send it back in to Lenovo, but has anyone had any similar problems?

Also, recently when it did boot after a few hours from a BSOD crash, the video was wacky.

Strange... please help.

mazzinia · #2 Post by **mazzinia** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:53 pm

I'm just guessing, but could be that the video card is cooling system is not working as it should, and when the temperature goes over a certain point for a certain time, bye bye.

Could be a fan not working properly, or the heatsink not being correctly touching the gpu (so maybe needing some artic silver)..

If it's this, after a certain time it could create damages.

diverdsk · #3 Post by **diverdsk** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:09 pm

Sounds reasonable. I'm not a techie so I'm not about to take apart the system and install some thermal paste, etc. I guess I'll just send it in to Lenovo.

Here are some of the screen shots I do get after I get it to boot every few hours. I don't know if you can tell, but there are weird horizontal lines all over the screen.

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alacrityathome · #4 Post by **alacrityathome** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:20 pm

diver,

do Memtest86 v3.4 first to check your RAM.

diverdsk · #5 Post by **diverdsk** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:44 pm

I did.

o1001010 · #6 Post by **o1001010** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:07 am

this is wierd.
bsod is usually caused by driver corruption
and system not being able to turn on is usually overheat.

i have seen memory modules pass memtest but is bad.
try to take out a stick of ram and see if this happens or not.

Volker · #7 Post by **Volker** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:07 am

I'm pretty sure the lines one the screen are video ram data corruption. In any case, if you can't reboot after a crash then its definitely worse than just bad ram. Time to send it back for repair

kernelpanic · #8 Post by **kernelpanic** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:58 pm

Yep - 90% sure this is a hardware problem...

T61 - No boot for a few hours after BSOD (Pic)

T61 - No boot for a few hours after BSOD (Pic)

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