Lenovo R60 freezes and no response from mouse or keyboard

Dear all,
my R60 freezes (no response from mouse or keyboard) moving the mouse (be it via USB mouse, touchpad, or red dot-in-the-keyboard). I can use the keyboard to navigate menus / use the computer normally, but as soon as I try to move the mouse, everything locks up after 2-3 seconds of movement and I have to force a shutdown, reboot, and try again...same thing keeps happening.

I've tried with many OS and I've booted a few windows,linux LiveCDs but the issue is there too. So it's not an OS specific problem,I changed the HDD and ram as well but still having the same problem ..

actually my OS is booting normally and it's allowing me to access all the things for 2 or 3 seconds..after that it will get freeze if i touch any keys on the key board or USB mouse, touchpad, or red dot-in-the-keyboard...at the same time if i open any movie then it will continuously running more than 5 hours if i am not touching any input devices..it means its not the processor and its not a heat problem I guess. Also i don't have a battery in it due to my battery dying..


What could be the problem?

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!

 

If you've done all that troubleshooting, it's probably a short on the motherboard or just a defective motherboard in general.

 

I asked this on Lenovo Forum, but the OP hasn't responded there, so I'll repeat myself:

What is the condition of your battery? Bad and/or generic batteries are known to cause freezing on *6x series ThinkPads.

 

Sounds like a low-level software issue to me. Have you ever done any BIOS mod or anything?

@ajkula66
Would you please guide me to more info on that? I still have a R60 with a working battery. (Surprisingly it works pretty well after so many years of abuse.)

 

If I had to take a guess, I'd guess this as well.

Use your Google-fu? I've only personally seen it in T60s with bad batteries and XP (and I don't recall it being triggered by mouse movements), but I wouldn't be surprised if it's more widespread... I think Tsunade has talked to me about it in the past as well.

 

I doubt it. Having owned many ThinkPads with hacked BIOSes I have yet to see any connection...

I've witnessed these on pretty much all *6x series models, including tablets. The bottom line is, if you ever experience something like this, shut the machine down, pull the battery out and boot without it. If the freezing goes away, you've found the culprit.

 

unless they edited their post, but seems to me the OP said they did not have their battery plugged in/installed due to it being dead. Or at least that is how I read it.

But I have seen this exact behavior myself when a non-functioning battery is plugged in.

I would suspect either a motherboard issue, a keyboard and/or palm rest issue, or perhaps an OS issue.