Dell laptop freezes

scaffolder

I have a inperation 640 and it must freeze about 10 times a night.#
I`ve tried reloading xp pro and it still freezes.
Can anyone help ??

Browntoa

if it has 2 sticks of RAM (the cover for the ram is on the bottom, square panel) take one out and try running it for a while, if it still locks then try the other

if you have a lot of USB stuff plugged in , try removing everything from the USB ports and running it for a while

scaffolder

I dont have any usb `s plugged in at all and what will happon if i find out that one of the rams not working ?.

Browntoa

just replace it, look at the type of SDram it is , should be on the sticker on the ram, and find another , possibly increase the amount of ram at that time to make it run faster

scaffolder

Took the rams out and all still the same.
Anyone know anything i can do ?.

espresso

Is it overheating? Have you checked the vents? Is the fan on all the time?

albertross_2

Is it free from malware? sp2? firewall on? All drivers installed properly in start, run, devmgmt.msc

start, run, eventvwr might reveal something. Any pattern to the freezing?

Browntoa

try this to fix any registry problems

http://www.download.com/3000-2094_4-10794712.html

fully working 30 day trial (using it myself) just install and run "1-click" then let it fix everything