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    CF-29 with freezing issues?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by SirJ, Jan 29, 2016.

  1. SirJ

    SirJ Notebook Consultant

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    I have ran a memory test, hard drive sector tests, all Passing with flying colors.

    Sometimes laptop will just freeze up with squares on the display. Forcing me to battery pull, or hard power down with switch.

    I I have also reinstalled windows Xp thinking that might be the issue. So is there something I can check to see if there is a driver that's not supported or something? The laptop is a mark 1 CF29 With 512mb memory, 80gb HD it is touch screen.
     
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  2. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    Does this happen only after you have been running it for a while?

    Is the 2 sticks of memory or just 1?
     
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    SirJ Notebook Consultant

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    Just one stick and its actually 760mb ram. And it happens anywhere from after startup sitting on Windows or after running for a while. Never really a set time...
     
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    That means it must have 256mb on board.
    Try removing the ram stick and see what it does then.
     
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    safn1949 I'm sure I'm on the wrong planet

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    Try acronis drive check. I'm not sure if it will work but it should read the SMART data and give you an idea of drive health. Since I started using it I have been surprised how many bad drives I see. It is a free download.
     
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    OK, I removed the memory stick and still can't get it to lock up. I am going to download acronis drive Monitor as I don't see what you listed.

    Also, I have a CF30 coming in the mail that has windows 7 pro. I am pretty excited to use Windows 7.
     
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  7. SirJ

    SirJ Notebook Consultant

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    According to Acronis the HDD is at 18% health.
     
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    Pretty sure I have a used 100gb IDE.

    This seems appropriate for your fallen soldier.

     
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    SirJ Notebook Consultant

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    So the mk1 cf29 uses IDE 2.5 HD?
     
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    Yep. 2.5" IDE
     
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  11. safn1949

    safn1949 I'm sure I'm on the wrong planet

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    As I thought,once I started using that program I was surprised at the amount of bad drives I found.I check every drive on my repairs now. I have a several of the ide drives here if Shawn cant find his.
     
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  12. CWB32

    CWB32 Need parts for my flying saucer.

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    yeah ...
    ide drives that one finds today are going to have a fair percentage of them being bad order .
    i have about 10 of them i pulled from scrapped laptops ...
    only one is worth keeping and then for what ?
    man , if there was a way i would use one of those sata to ide converters and go from there .
     
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  13. safn1949

    safn1949 I'm sure I'm on the wrong planet

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    I test mine and I bought some new ones from a seller in China. All at 100% or they get trashed.
     
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  14. CWB32

    CWB32 Need parts for my flying saucer.

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    must have been a very good price .
     
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  15. safn1949

    safn1949 I'm sure I'm on the wrong planet

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    Yep and they were new drives.
     
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