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X200 freezes every 1 second
X200 freezes every 1 second
X200 + SSD + Windows 7
System freezes every 1 second for a split second. Pointer movements are not fluent and there is a metallic sound (glitch) in audio playback.
It's happening for hour or two, then it stops for couple of hours.
I reinstalled windows but it occurs again.
Is my Thinkpad dying?
System freezes every 1 second for a split second. Pointer movements are not fluent and there is a metallic sound (glitch) in audio playback.
It's happening for hour or two, then it stops for couple of hours.
I reinstalled windows but it occurs again.
Is my Thinkpad dying?
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
Windows 7 has gadgets with CPU and memory gauges to indicate what resources are being used. This may or may not help analyse the problem.
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Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
you mean resource monitor?
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
Any ExpressCard adapters connected?
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Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
nothing connected
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
Start disabling the internal devices one by one (Ethernet, Wireless, Card Reader, Bluetooth...) and see whether the problem goes away.
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X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
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Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
everything is already disabled in bios (apart from wifi).
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
Do a search online for: SSD stuttering. Not an uncommon problem.
If you have a spinning HDD around, do an install on it and see if the stuttering stops.
If you have a spinning HDD around, do an install on it and see if the stuttering stops.
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Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
some gamers complain about 'stuttering' when upgrading hdd > sdd.
but in my case nothing changed in my setup in last year.
but in my case nothing changed in my setup in last year.
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
I did install on old 20GB HDD, connected SSD via sata>usb adaptor and I was playing mp3s and videos whole afternoon and evening.
No stuttering at all. So is it faulty SSD? Im not convinced. I could install ssd in another machine to find out but I dont have any at the moment.
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Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
Devices do fail with age or time and SSDs are not immune. See about backing up your data maybe migrating it to a replacement SSD.
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
There are testing programs which should pick up problems. I have used https://crystalmark.info/software/Cryst ... dex-e.html before. But it does look like you will be purchasing another SSD.
If you go for a secondhand SSD test it immediately when you receive it using the above program. goodluck
If you go for a secondhand SSD test it immediately when you receive it using the above program. goodluck
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Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
secondhand laptop + new drive, always.
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
If you buy a new SSD I would still recommend to benchmark it as a reference for later checks and to determine wear levels.
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Rogue daily driver - Samsung RV511 15.6 " Screen - W 7
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
does SSD performance decrease over time?
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
So I found some old Toshiba L30 (pentium M, 1GB RAM) laptop, I put ssd and installed 32bit windows 7.
First glitch hit the speakers after 10min of mp3 playback and occurs randomly every 1-5 minutes.
Looks look my old X200 is still fine.
Thanks for help!
First glitch hit the speakers after 10min of mp3 playback and occurs randomly every 1-5 minutes.
Looks look my old X200 is still fine.
Thanks for help!
Re: X200 freezes every 1 second
I opened the ssd and it turned out there are two nand chips inside (2x64gb).
Assuming that the first one is faulty, I created 55gb partition at the end of disk, installed windows, filled the partition with random stuff up to 75% and carried on working for 2 days.
No stuttering at all.
Then I created second partition on remaining space, filled with mp3s, moved temporary and cache folders there, did hundreds i/o operations (converting wavs and mp3s).
Still no stuttering.
Last night I went back to the old scheme (one partition), installed windows, so far so good.
Assuming that the first one is faulty, I created 55gb partition at the end of disk, installed windows, filled the partition with random stuff up to 75% and carried on working for 2 days.
No stuttering at all.
Then I created second partition on remaining space, filled with mp3s, moved temporary and cache folders there, did hundreds i/o operations (converting wavs and mp3s).
Still no stuttering.
Last night I went back to the old scheme (one partition), installed windows, so far so good.
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