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    HP Pavilion DV9443ca freezing.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by urbanriot, Mar 10, 2009.

  1. urbanriot

    urbanriot Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an HP Pavilion DV9443ca (Turion 64 x 2, onboard nvidia, etc.) that's freezing, mostly on bootup when the Vista bars are going, and blue-screened in Windows a few times.

    - hard drive checks out with manufacturer diagnostics, and no slow spots with MHDD

    - ran Windows Memorry Diagnostics and RAM checks out okay with thorough diagnostics

    - also ran some in-Windows memory diagnostics for kicks, no issues.

    - in Windows, I can run Orthos for hours and the CPU will peak a highest of 90 degrees celsius which is just within AMD's operational limits of the CPU.

    - BIOS revision is actually 1 level higher than listed downloadable on HP's site.


    I can't seem to nail down the hardware problem that's causing this... does anyone have any suggestions?
     
    urbanriot, Mar 10, 2009
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  2. Dragunov-21

    Dragunov-21 Notebook Evangelist

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    CPU at 90C? I thought that was supposed to be super high?

    Have you tried running a windows installation repair off the vista CD/restore CD?
     
    Dragunov-21, Mar 10, 2009
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  3. urbanriot

    urbanriot Notebook Enthusiast

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    As noted, that's after hours of Orthos SMP blasting, and as stated 90 degrees C is within AMD thermal specifications. Anyhow, it doesn't run normal operations anywhere near that high.

    No... Windows doesn't need repairing, it's fine until whatever piece of hardware is malfunctioning causes this issue.

    I was more hoping to receive some specific hardware suggestions from someone with experience from this specific Pavilion series.
     
    urbanriot, Mar 10, 2009
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  4. Dragunov-21

    Dragunov-21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Don't worry, you'll get them lol, I was just throwing an option out there.

    Good luck with it.
     
    Dragunov-21, Mar 11, 2009
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    evil534768 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just Do A Hard Drive Self Test From Bios And Let Me Know If U Get Any Errors Like 1-07, 1008, 1009.
     
    evil534768, Mar 11, 2009
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  6. urbanriot

    urbanriot Notebook Enthusiast

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    As previously stated:

    But, for kicks I ran the BIOS test and it also passes successfully.
     
    urbanriot, Mar 11, 2009
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    It could be your NVIDIA chipset starting to go bad:
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01087277
    But if you were running the updated BIOS that runs the fan 24x7 for most of the time you've had the notebook that should greatly reduce the risk of NVIDIA thermal failure.

    It could still be Windows brain damage. Try a "live" Linux CD (runs off the CD, leaves the HD alone), see if that works.
     
    brianstretch, Mar 12, 2009
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