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When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011
running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Cheers JJ |
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On 19/09/2018 16:00, John Jones wrote:
When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Sounds like dodgy hard disk or memory, most probably the former. Although much of this relates to desktops, you could try working through the laptop relevant sections of this to see what you can find out about the problem ... http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/PCHa...areFaults.html |
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John Jones wrote:
When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Cheers JJ After checking the hdd for viruses using a Linux boot disk I would take it apart and reseat everything that can possibly be reseated. If that is not an option for you then it may be time for a new machine. |
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John Jones wrote:
Samsung - Bought 2011 [no mention of model or type of computer] Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. What does "woke up" mean? That you saw your desktop and then there was a delay before the screen went black? Did you yet try booting Windows into its safe mode and letting it sit idle for awhile to check its behavior without all those startup programs running? Have you tried changing from whatever power option plan you are using now to using the high-performance power plan (which does NOT put your computer into standby or hibernate mode)? Did you try disabling your screen saver? Have you tried disconnecting all peripherals (except keyboard and mouse), booting, and letting your computer sit idle for awhile to check its behavior upon returning to use? |
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On 09/19/2018 11:00 AM, John Jones wrote:
When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Cheers JJ Along with the reseat everything, I'd blow out the dust if you haven't had it open in a while. Al |
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John Jones wrote:
When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Cheers JJ If all else fails, you could always try a System Restore to two or three weeks ago. But that doesn't explain at all how this could have happened, and if it's a hardware issue, won't fix anything. |
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On 9/19/2018 8:00 AM, John Jones wrote:
When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Cheers JJ I've had weird problems like that when the CMOS battery was dying. Had enough juice to let me configure it, but would randomly fail to boot or lock up. Replacing the CMOS battery fixed it. Probably difficult to get at it, but put it on your list of things to do when you run out of easier things to try. |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:40:28 +0100, "Java Jive"
wrote in article ... On 19/09/2018 16:00, John Jones wrote: When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Sounds like dodgy hard disk or memory, most probably the former. Although much of this relates to desktops, you could try working through the laptop relevant sections of this to see what you can find out about the problem ... http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/PCHa...dwareFaults.ht Thanks to all respondents. I will try Vanguard's suggestions, but suspect there is a hardware problem in the machine, maybe the cmos battery as suggested, maybe the disk - I now remember I got a windows warning pop-up saying it was about to fail some months ago, but chkdsk says it's perfect. My only other suspect is skype, which on the second boot insisted on installing a large update, and when run consumed 165Mb of RAM, and the black screen followed shortly upon that. Maybe it's time to (a) get a new computer and (b) have a professional look the old machine over, maybe replacing the cmos battery and disk, and cleaning the inside. Trouble is I would be lost without excel with VBA and am not keen to move to W10. Many thanks JJ |
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John Jones wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:40:28 +0100, "Java Jive" wrote in article ... On 19/09/2018 16:00, John Jones wrote: When I left on holiday 2 weeks ago my laptop (samsung bought 2011 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit) worked perfectly. When I booted today it got as far as the desktop screen and then silence fell. I rebooted and everything seemed ok again. Until returning after lunch it woke up, thought about life, went unresponsive, and then gave me the black screen of death. I am obviously somewhat perturbed, although by posting this clearly it is ok at present. I guess this is a FAQ, but how can I track down any issues, and is it time to buy a new computer? Sounds like dodgy hard disk or memory, most probably the former. Although much of this relates to desktops, you could try working through the laptop relevant sections of this to see what you can find out about the problem ... http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/PCHa...dwareFaults.ht Thanks to all respondents. I will try Vanguard's suggestions, but suspect there is a hardware problem in the machine, maybe the cmos battery as suggested, maybe the disk - I now remember I got a windows warning pop-up saying it was about to fail some months ago, but chkdsk says it's perfect. My only other suspect is skype, which on the second boot insisted on installing a large update, and when run consumed 165Mb of RAM, and the black screen followed shortly upon that. Maybe it's time to (a) get a new computer and (b) have a professional look the old machine over, maybe replacing the cmos battery and disk, and cleaning the inside. Trouble is I would be lost without excel with VBA and am not keen to move to W10. Many thanks JJ There are some HD SMART testing utilities like PassMark Disk Check and HDDScan and HD Tune that might prove useful. Also, you might consider uninstalling Skype to see if that was the culprit. |
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