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    sz 330 problems. computer keeps locking up

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by roor, Sep 11, 2009.

  1. roor

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    i did a reformat but during it, it froze up and i had to force a shut down. when i turned it back on it continued from the same place and finished fine it seemed. but then it kept freezing up every 20minutes or so, or when it seemed like the processor couldnt handle what was going in. i started to think maybe it was overheating so i set it to adaptive and put the fan speed on level 5. it still freezes up but it takes longer to do so. its really annoying. i tried reinstalling all the drivers and everything and it kinda fixed it but it still freezes up. anyone know whats wrong? im ready to just smash this thing because ive been having important things to do and it keeps doing this crap.

    thanks.
     
    roor, Sep 11, 2009
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    roor, Sep 13, 2009
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    Why did you reformat and with which utility? A quick format only takes a few second, how did you have freeze?
     
    NHT, Sep 13, 2009
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    First of all, slow down please - and don't vent your anger at the little machine.

    How do you reformat?
    Recovery discs, "vanilla Vista Disc", XP?

    If you do a clean instal - did you follow Sony's installation order for drivers and libraries?
     
    DetlevCM, Sep 13, 2009
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