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I have a T60 2623, 3GB RAM, brand new Hitachi 500GB HD and it crashes all day long.
It would do the same thing on my 200GB HD and so I started from scratch with this new HD, first installing WIN 7, then the appropriate drivers, then copying over my important files of documents, music, and spreadsheets. I've installed most all the drivers I can find from Lenovo. I have refrained from installing programs so I can try and figure this out.

I don't have a lot of time since this thing can crash at any minute, so I'm looking for any help possible please!!!!

Did you try http://www.update.microsoft.com/microso ... x?ln=en-us and let Windows find all the necessary updates? You need to install all the priority and non-priority updates. You may have a video driver or other critical driver that is causing the problem.

Was the laptop ever running reliably before 7? Did you have XP on it previously? And just to confirm, there are *no* other programs loaded, just drivers?

Run Memtest just to make sure your RAM is OK. Faulty RAM can act that way too.

It would also help to know *how* it crashes.

Does it lock up? Bluescreen? If so, then what is the error code? Does it just reboot itself?

Hi!
My recently purchased second hand T60 with Win7 Ultimate is running as stable as a rock and as fast as a bat out of Hell.

So you must have some sort of component failure?

Hans-Henrik

billp117 wrote:Did you try http://www.update.microsoft.com/microso ... x?ln=en-us and let Windows find all the necessary updates? You need to install all the priority and non-priority updates. You may have a video driver or other critical driver that is causing the problem.

All up to date here. I felt it was the video driver too as this seems to be MORE of a problem when I run extended video from either of my docks...but it'll still do it off the dock as well.

sl8763 wrote:Was the laptop ever running reliably before 7? Did you have XP on it previously? And just to confirm, there are *no* other programs loaded, just drivers?

It worked flawlessly with XP. The only programs I've installed now are Microsoft Office 2007 ultimate and iTunes so I can access my docs and backup my phone. No Adobe Illustrator yet, no Quickbooks, Etc.

Neil wrote:Run Memtest just to make sure your RAM is OK. Faulty RAM can act that way too.

Started the MEMTEST process again last night and it froze up and wouldn't complete...so now I guess its starting to look like bad memory??

Also, I can't seem to find "Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox for Windows 7 (32-bit)" on the Lenovo site. I was hoping that this may be of some help and it's been removed. Anyone know what it does and if it can help my laptop??

dr_st wrote:It would also help to know *how* it crashes.

Does it lock up? Bluescreen? If so, then what is the error code? Does it just reboot itself?

When it crashes, it just just stops/locks up. All systems freeze...mouse won't move...screen stays on...and if I don't notice it at first, it just stays like that until I force a power down with the manual power button. I don't get a bluescreen or error codes and I get absolutely no warning prior to the event.

Bump

ronindriver wrote:Started the MEMTEST process again last night and it froze up and wouldn't complete...so now I guess its starting to look like bad memory??

Did you run MEMTEST from within Windows, or did you use a boot disk that runs MEMTEST without booting Windows? Was MEMTEST reporting any errors before the system crashed?

I would have to agree that it is very possibly a RAM problem. I have a very similar setup to yours and Win7 Pro is running great on mine. I had a T30 have a memory stick go bad and it acted just like yours is.

dead battery can cause this kind of freezes on T60?

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my T61p and it did BSoD a lot, due to a newly installed Seagate Momentus XT harddrive.
I recommend a fresh and clean install once more and don't install the ThinkVantage Toolbox.
Also take a look at the powersettings in Idle Timers. Set Harddisk Spin Down to [never].
That cured everything here.

Hope you can use this.