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    Diagnose hardware failure

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by cert323, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. cert323

    cert323 Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have an older model Vaio Fw and it recently started to freeze after startup, in both normal and safe mode. I troubleshooted and came to the conclusion that it was a hardware problem. Hard drive and Ram diagnostics both came back clean, and I was thinking of opening it up and reapplying the thermal paste and tape, but before I do that is there any other thing I should look at first. Any other way to pinpoint other hardware problems.

    Thanks
     
    cert323, Mar 28, 2012
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  2. irishsumo

    irishsumo Notebook Consultant

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    What kind of symptoms came with the freezing? If it is overheating, then the laptop should just switch off rather than freeze.
     
    irishsumo, Apr 6, 2012
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  3. jyar727

    jyar727 Notebook Guru

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    Yeah go install HWTemp if it doesnt freeze fast enough for you to be able to.
     
    jyar727, Apr 6, 2012
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