Lunk August 23, 2008 Share Lunk Member August 23, 2008 I've got an HP Pavilion Laptop zv5160us Model. It's roughly 5 years old. Haven't added nothing new lately. Will be on the internet or just doing something and it freezes up. Mouse wont' move can alt+tab nothing. Just wondering could this be an overheating issue? Harddrive failing issue? or what? Need some advice on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage August 23, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member August 23, 2008 Does it shut down or prompt like normal if you hit the power button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 23, 2008 Author Share Lunk Member August 23, 2008 Does it shut down or prompt like normal if you hit the power button? No I have to hold down the power button to get it to shut down. Then hit the power button again to turn it back on. Also, just lost all my bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox. ZD would you happen to have a good registry cleaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage August 23, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member August 23, 2008 Does it shut down or prompt like normal if you hit the power button? No I have to hold down the power button to get it to shut down. Then hit the power button again to turn it back on. Also, just lost all my bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox. ZD would you happen to have a good registry cleaner? I use CCleaner for registry cleaning and for cleaning up my hard drive of the junk that Windows always leaves behind. http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters August 23, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni August 23, 2008 you've done a deep virus scan recently with current virus definitions, right? if it's hardware failing, you should be able to recreate the freezes in safe mode. if it doesn't lock in safe mode, might be a good time to dig out your xp disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 23, 2008 Author Share Lunk Member August 23, 2008 I forgot about CCleaner. Use it all the time for everyday cleanup just never used it to do the registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo August 24, 2008 Share Cujo Member August 24, 2008 it's not a virus. it's likely his hard drive. if he's lost bookmarks in firefox then it sounds like it's corrupting files. a virus wouldn't do that. i'd try re-installing windows and if installs successfully then you might be in the clear. my guess is it won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage August 24, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member August 24, 2008 it's not a virus. it's likely his hard drive. if he's lost bookmarks in firefox then it sounds like it's corrupting files. a virus wouldn't do that. Spyware could do that. Just depends on what it is that he's got. I doubt though that it is any type of malware. The machine is 5 years old and like you said, it is probably his hard drive. Could also be dying mobo or whatever after 5 years of dust and dirt get in it. A good cleaning couldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 24, 2008 Author Share Lunk Member August 24, 2008 Yeah a good cleaning probably wouldn't be bad. I'm just afraid if I take it apart it'll never get back together properly again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher August 24, 2008 Share Preacher Member August 24, 2008 to reduce the suspicion that it might be heat, a laptop cooling pad (around $15) couldn't hurt to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk October 13, 2008 Author Share Lunk Member October 13, 2008 Well I finally got around to changing out the harddrive yesterday. I thought everything was good. When I turned it on this morning it locked up again. I have found that if I shut it off, unplug the power, remove the battery and hold the power button for a few seconds, then put it all back together it works fine again. My question is could my battery be causing this? The battery is the original battery and this laptop is 4 to 5 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters October 13, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni October 13, 2008 eek, i replaced my gf's battery after 2 years. you might be due for a new ac adapter and battery...which isn't going to be cheap. http://www.batteries.com/laptop/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo October 14, 2008 Share anonymo Member October 14, 2008 Bad laptop batteries can do some funny things to your laptop, that's about as helpful as I can be on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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