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post #1 of 3
4/19/07 at 10:09pm
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Well here it goes
Thanks in advance for any replies
6 month old HP Pavillion dv6140us,TL-56/2 gigs ram/120 gig wd scorpio drive
I never had a problem until six weeks ago. The hd started locking up, ran a bios self test and the drive reported a fail status.
HP sent me a new figitsu sata drive, it lasted three weeks, same problem, lock ups and a fail status when running bios self test.
Out of pure frustration trying to comunicate with HP support I purchased a 120 WD sata drive from newegg.
The Western digital drive has been in for about three weeks. Two days ago (lockup in windows xp pro)
Had to do a hard boot (locked up again) another hard boot.
Third boot played games and things for over three hours (ran Perfect)
Yesterday (two more lock ups in windows, then everything ran perfect after another two hard boots)
Today (ran a self hd test in bios, quick and comprhensive, passed both) defragged the drive ,ran sisoft sandra and tested everything, mem, motherboard, everything I could think of.Passed all no errors
Then I ran the hd test in sandra,locked up, another hard boot.
Tried to run it again in sandra, locked up
Ran hard drive inspector pro, everything perfect, ran another bios self test and all of hp's online diagnostics as well, no problems,
Any ideas would be very helpfull, ran norton and Windows defender, Nothing, played Unreal 2004 for an hour, no problems,
I dunno
thanks in advance
Lou
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post #2 of 3
5/16/07 at 12:20am
I have the same model/processor and am currently looking for help with freezing problems that I am having. I had a hard drive die after 3 months, had it replaced, and just had the motherboard replaced for other problems. Even before that happened the computer would hard freeze, but only after I plugged in USB devices. It was much worse while on battery power (freezes 5 - 15 minutes after USB plug in, and then again after a manual reboot). It's extremely frustrating, but it rarely freezes while on AC power.
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post #3 of 3
5/18/07 at 2:04pm
Just to let you know:

HP just issued a patch warning for HP Pavilion laptops regarding problems with the WD hard drives. I do not know if this applies to your issue, but it might help.

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - CUSTOMER ADVISORY

Document ID: c01044584

Version: 1

HP Notebook PCs - Notebook Displays Hard Drive Errors with Seagate Drives

NOTICE: The information in this document, including products and software versions, is current as of the Release Date. This document is subject to change without notice.

Release Date: 2007-05-03

Last Updated: 2007-05-03

DESCRIPTION

The notebook PC may display lock up or display blue screen errors. The displayed errors are 1720 SMART Failure, 1782 Disk error or Non-system Disk.
At the Power On Self Test (POST), when pressing F1 to continue, the notebook boots to windows, but the performance is very slow. The BIOS may/may not fail.

SCOPE

The specific notebook PCs affected by this issue are listed in the Hardware Platforms Affected section at the bottom of this advisory.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, download and install the latest Seagate hard drive firmware, version 1.00, Rev. A (SP35474) or later:
Softpaq Description
Information
Download
Seagate Hard Drive Firmware Update, VERSION: 1.00 REV: A
SP35474 Instructions/Information
SP35474 File Download


NOTE: A more recent version of this software may be available. Check for updated drivers and software for your computer at www.hp.com.

If this doesn't resolve the issue, contact HP Service and Support for further assistance.
HP Notebook PCs - Locating HP Software, Driver and BIOS Updates
HP Notebook PCs - Updating the BIOS or ROM
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