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    Issues with my Clevo D900T; can anybody help me

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by vek2001glm, Oct 30, 2009.

  1. vek2001glm

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    bummer..... :mad:
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    well...after the formatting of xp the lapdog has locked up on me again, right after the the windows xp screen with the 3 blue bars going across at the bottom. im gonna try a hard reboot and see if i can finish the xp installation.
     
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    just an update... im currently intalling windows xp, i had to restart a couple times due to lockup, but its ok now..... keeping my fingers crossed.
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    If it fails, Try the win vista upgrade disk.

    If it prompts for a cd key, dont enter one and you should still be able to install it. Then you will have to activate within 30days or something.
     
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    should i try vista on my new seagate HDD ? ... and is so should i take my old HDD out ?
     
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    yeah try setting raid, then keep both HDD in and try vista.

    But first let xp finish because it's unlikely the vista disk will let you install from it.
     
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    im afraid that i will have a lot of issues with lockups, as im still having them trying to get through this xp installation, its really frustrating. i really wise is was a simple software issue, but what is the possibility of it being more serious...
     
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    Can you try some other ram?

    Maybe you should take the notebook apart and re-seat everything. CPU inc.

    Check for bent pins too.

    How much longer do you expect the xp installation to take?
     
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    i do have my original ram that came with the system, i can try that.

    take apart: i was thinking that might be something that needed to happen also

    xp is just about done i just have to keep restarting cause it locks at the blue screen before my desktop comes up
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    Have you tried installing the OS on your other HDD yet? Or are you still just using the same one?
     
    brianvp, Oct 31, 2009
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    im still using my original HDD, ... im about to put my original ram back in and see what that does. afterwards if xp loads (havent even started talking about drivers) i will put the new HDD in and see what i can do.
     
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    I guess the thing to do once xp is installed is upgrade to vista.

    Maybe put both hard disks in, set to raid. then upgrade.
    I think if it's a software issue, vista will fix it.

    Otherwise try the original ram.

    If the original ram doesn't fix it, try updating the BIOS.

    If that fails then take it apart.
    Check for any bent pins at all, cpu pins and every other possibe pin.

    If two pins are touching then that could be causing all the problems.
    Make sure all of the connections are good. Put it back together and see what happens.
     
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    how can i update bios ?
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    after you install xp or vista.

    Just check for an updated version on the manufacturers website.
     
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    I can give you the latest D900T BIOS... depending on the motherboard revision.
     
    Gophn, Oct 31, 2009
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    sounds good.

    how long does chkdsk normally take ?
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    CHKDSK is about 5-15 minutes depending on the speed of your drive... and how many errors it needs to fix.
     
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    ok cause for a second i thought it locked up on me again, but then it switched to 51%....its now at 55%. i guess i have some errors, cause my drive is on a 80g.
     
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    make sure to look at the final results.

    if you see any Bad Sectors (even if its 15KB) .... then your HDD is bad and needs to be replaced.

    because those are physically bad sectors that is on the platters themselves... a few utilities might be able to fix them... but most of the time, an old HDD would not be able to repair itself.

    Hope all goes well... its 3am, need sleep... will check back later :)
     
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    thanks gophn
     
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    I had a HDD with bad sectors, I tried formating with my windows disk, it didn't work. But when I formated the disk with linux, the bad sectors were fixed.
     
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    did you have any similar issues like im having or was it just a bad HD
     
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    This.

    10char
     
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    i ment to say HDD,

    whats 10char ... i cant remember
     
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    just a update...chkdsk is at 64%,

    i have had this HDD since i got that lappy back in 05', it did me good. Now i just hope nothing else is dieing on me
     
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    10 characters is the minimum you can type in a post.
     
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    do you or did you have a D900T?
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    no, sorry. Never had one. I also never had a notebook that was raid capable so I don't know anything about that.
     
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    starting to get a little bit worried, chkdsk has been 71% for a while now
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    if my original HDD is jacked then will it be a problem with me trying to get the new HDD to operate correctly?
     
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    No, the new one should be fine.
     
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    ok, the chkdsk keeps resetting to 50% should i just try the new HDD, and if so should i leave the old HDD in, or take it out?
     
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    Take it out.
     
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    ill try the new HDD in a couple hours, ima let the chkdsk do its thing for as long as it will and ill check back later. thanks for your help moral hazard...bb in a couple hours.
     
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    i really want to, i should just try it right quick

    should i leave the old one in ?
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    It's up to you.

    Why not also try the original ram while you've got it open.
     
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    yep, i got the original ram in...ima put the new HDD in right quick
     
    vek2001glm, Oct 31, 2009
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    should i boot up with the xp or the vista cd
     
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    try vista first
     
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    ok new HDD in, with the old HDD. im about to boot up....
     
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    windows is loading files...
     
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    ok, im at the vista install window, should i just click install now ?
     
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    why not. good luck.
     
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    im at the point where its asking to select my drivers for install, the drives didnt come up and i had to load my floppy disk to bring up the winxp promise sata HDD. is this normal.. or should the new HDD be available as well ?
     
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    I thought vista would have the drivers.

    Do you have both HDDs in there? are they in raid or ata?
     
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    i do have both the HDD's in, but i did forget to switch it to raid. i got the HDD to loud up and it showed the new HDD so i selected it and windows vista is now installing on it, hopefully it will work.
     
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    Great, so how has the notebook been starting up? Do you still have to press control alt del?
     
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    since i started loading vista i had to restart it one time, and i had to do control alt delete, but ever since it started installing on the new HDD it restarted on its own once with no problems, its now completing the installation ... ... ... and after that it just locked up, looks like I'll have to do a hard re-boot
     
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    it brought me to the error screen again where it asks if i want to start in safe mode or last config, or start up normally.......... which should i do ?
     
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    normally.

    if that fails again, try last known good config.
     
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