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D 4500, WinXP all updates.
This machine started locking up yesterday. No error messages or anything.
You would
be working and then all would just stop and freeze.
I thought it was the fan that died (it seems to be running a little slow),
so this is what I
have done so far.
Open the case, turn on computer to see if all was working.
I let it sit at the XP logon screen, froze in about 8 - 9 minutes.
The monitor goes black and the keyboard and mouse do not work.
I turned of the computer, unplugged it, waited 10 minutes or so and booted
up
again ( I want to see how long it takes before freezing again).
It took roughly the same amount of time.
I then unplugged all CDROMs, HD's, and booted again.
Still froze in the same amount of time.
Found an extra fan to help with cooling and had it blowing directly on the
CPU.
Still froze in the same amount of time.
The fan in the Power Supply works fine
When I power it up, all the diag LED's are all green but when it freezes the
A, B and C lights turn yellow. According to Dell this combo of lights means
"Recovery mode from BIOS failure".
Now here is the funny thing, the three year warranty was up as of Jun 8th.
Just wondering if anyone else has been down this road.
moncho
D 4500, WinXP all updates.
This machine started locking up yesterday. No error messages or anything.
You would
be working and then all would just stop and freeze.
I thought it was the fan that died (it seems to be running a little slow),
so this is what I
have done so far.
Open the case, turn on computer to see if all was working.
I let it sit at the XP logon screen, froze in about 8 - 9 minutes.
The monitor goes black and the keyboard and mouse do not work.
I turned of the computer, unplugged it, waited 10 minutes or so and booted
up
again ( I want to see how long it takes before freezing again).
It took roughly the same amount of time.
I then unplugged all CDROMs, HD's, and booted again.
Still froze in the same amount of time.
Found an extra fan to help with cooling and had it blowing directly on the
CPU.
Still froze in the same amount of time.
The fan in the Power Supply works fine
When I power it up, all the diag LED's are all green but when it freezes the
A, B and C lights turn yellow. According to Dell this combo of lights means
"Recovery mode from BIOS failure".
Now here is the funny thing, the three year warranty was up as of Jun 8th.
Just wondering if anyone else has been down this road.
moncho