Posts by chosos

whole computer locks. i would guess a ram issue, but like i said... it happens when you bump it. im guessing its an issue with a bad trace on the motherboard, or a faulty IDE ribbon cable. Im hoping its the cable.

but the computer is staying on and displaying the windows desktop as if it were undisturbed. the whole system is frozen at that point and will not respond to any input, other than a hard shut down (3 seconds on the power button held...

anyone?

So I have this 200ARC im working on. I am rather bothered by this issue, because I am not sure if it is a bad trade on the board somewhere, or if it is something really simple. The problem - if you move the laptop around a bit / bump it...