Computer Freezes When Idle

91Bird305 · Mar 16, 2004, 05:01 PM

Its very odd, I just reformated and replaced the harddrive with Windows 2000 Pro, I have all the updates and yet from some reason if I leave it idle for more then eh, 5 minutes or so, it freezes. I checked and made sure that the power options were set to "always leave on" and hibernate is turned off and yet it still does it. It is a IBM Thinkpad 1500 I Series laptop with 192mb of RAM and 6.4gb hd. Have I overlooked something?

Logla · Mar 16, 2004, 08:40 PM

you say you replaced the harddrive? are you sure that its 100% compatible with the laptop?
What kind of laptop is it? I reckon this could be the drive spinning down after 5 mins and then wont come back up.

Make sure the drive is seated properly and see what happens.
I could say the laptop may need a bios update but I've never needed to do this on a laptop and not really sure if you can do it on laptops.

91Bird305 · Mar 16, 2004, 08:57 PM

The HD I replaced the old one with is the exact same one. So I know it can't be a compatability issue. I ran a chkdsk, virus scan and defrag and it hasn't happened since but we will see. I wouldn't think it would be an bios issue since it only happens when windows is running normally.

Mar 16, 2004, 05:01 PM	#1
91Bird305 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 82 Rep Power: 0	Computer Freezes When Idle Its very odd, I just reformated and replaced the harddrive with Windows 2000 Pro, I have all the updates and yet from some reason if I leave it idle for more then eh, 5 minutes or so, it freezes. I checked and made sure that the power options were set to "always leave on" and hibernate is turned off and yet it still does it. It is a IBM Thinkpad 1500 I Series laptop with 192mb of RAM and 6.4gb hd. Have I overlooked something?

Mar 16, 2004, 08:40 PM	#2
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	you say you replaced the harddrive? are you sure that its 100% compatible with the laptop? What kind of laptop is it? I reckon this could be the drive spinning down after 5 mins and then wont come back up. Make sure the drive is seated properly and see what happens. I could say the laptop may need a bios update but I've never needed to do this on a laptop and not really sure if you can do it on laptops.

Mar 16, 2004, 08:57 PM	Thread Starter #3
91Bird305 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 82 Rep Power: 0	The HD I replaced the old one with is the exact same one. So I know it can't be a compatability issue. I ran a chkdsk, virus scan and defrag and it hasn't happened since but we will see. I wouldn't think it would be an bios issue since it only happens when windows is running normally.