I have a fujitsu laptop that I bought in 2004. I worked w/o problems so
far.
But couple weeks ago, it started freezing everytime I move the laptop
slightly. It works fine when the laptop is still, but if I pick it up
or move it little bit, it freezes the windows and I need to restart.

I sent to Fujitsu service, they quoted $600 and said the motherboard
needs to be changed, which I declined.

Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible solutions
you can suggest?

As a last resort, if I need to sell the laptop in its semi-working
condition, can you recommend a site that buys this kind of laptops?

aslsj******.com () wrote in
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> Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible
> solutions you can suggest?
>

Does your laptop have any sort of shock/vibration protection system
for your hard disk? If the sensitivity got cranked up too high, your
disk will shut down every time you move it.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

bert@iphouse.com (Bert Hyman) wrote in
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> aslsj******.com () wrote in
> news:1165343837.896648.10110@n67g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
>
>> Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible
>> solutions you can suggest?
>>
>
> Does your laptop have any sort of shock/vibration protection system
> for your hard disk? If the sensitivity got cranked up too high,
> your disk will shut down every time you move it.

Never mind; I missed the bit about you having to reboot to recover
from the freeze. That won't (or at least shouldn't) happen when the
protection system kicks in.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

Thanks for the reply. I have that schock sensitivity software on my
work laptop - ThinkPad. But not on the Fujitsu. Unless, there is
something built-in, I am not aware of it.


Bert Hyman wrote:
> bert@iphouse.com (Bert Hyman) wrote in
> news:Xns98908AF8A2D38VeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1:
>
> > aslsj******.com () wrote in
> > news:1165343837.896648.10110@n67g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
> >
> >> Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible
> >> solutions you can suggest?
> >>
> >
> > Does your laptop have any sort of shock/vibration protection system
> > for your hard disk? If the sensitivity got cranked up too high,
> > your disk will shut down every time you move it.
>
> Never mind; I missed the bit about you having to reboot to recover
> from the freeze. That won't (or at least shouldn't) happen when the
> protection system kicks in.
>
> --
> Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

aslsj******.com wrote:
> I have a fujitsu laptop that I bought in 2004. I worked w/o problems so
> far.
> But couple weeks ago, it started freezing everytime I move the laptop
> slightly. It works fine when the laptop is still, but if I pick it up
> or move it little bit, it freezes the windows and I need to restart.
>
> I sent to Fujitsu service, they quoted $600 and said the motherboard
> needs to be changed, which I declined.
>
> Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible solutions
> you can suggest?
>
> As a last resort, if I need to sell the laptop in its semi-working
> condition, can you recommend a site that buys this kind of laptops?
>

The usual culprit for movement-related freezes is a fractured mainboard,
or something loose in cabling, etc. If you have had any problems
related to the power adapter jack not making contact, this also points
to a mainboard fracture. Check insertion of RAM chips, remove and
reinsert all drives and other insertable peripherals. See if this helps.

Q

Is you laptop being installed sudden motion sensors?
if so you can try disable the sudden motion sensor functions.

good luck.


"aslsj******.com дµÀ£º
"
> I have a fujitsu laptop that I bought in 2004. I worked w/o problems so
> far.
> But couple weeks ago, it started freezing everytime I move the laptop
> slightly. It works fine when the laptop is still, but if I pick it up
> or move it little bit, it freezes the windows and I need to restart.
>
> I sent to Fujitsu service, they quoted $600 and said the motherboard
> needs to be changed, which I declined.
>
> Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible solutions
> you can suggest?
>
> As a last resort, if I need to sell the laptop in its semi-working
> condition, can you recommend a site that buys this kind of laptops?

There is no schock detector installed, as far as I know. (you mean like
the Motion Protector Software in thinkpads, right?)

I tried removing & replacing RAMs, didn't help...



Tomas Hanks wrote:
> Is you laptop being installed sudden motion sensors?
> if so you can try disable the sudden motion sensor functions.
>
> good luck.
>
>
> "aslsj******.com дµÀ£º
> "
> > I have a fujitsu laptop that I bought in 2004. I worked w/o problems so
> > far.
> > But couple weeks ago, it started freezing everytime I move the laptop
> > slightly. It works fine when the laptop is still, but if I pick it up
> > or move it little bit, it freezes the windows and I need to restart.
> >
> > I sent to Fujitsu service, they quoted $600 and said the motherboard
> > needs to be changed, which I declined.
> >
> > Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible solutions
> > you can suggest?
> >
> > As a last resort, if I need to sell the laptop in its semi-working
> > condition, can you recommend a site that buys this kind of laptops?

aslsj******.com wrote:
> I have a fujitsu laptop that I bought in 2004. I worked w/o problems so
> far.
> But couple weeks ago, it started freezing everytime I move the laptop
> slightly. It works fine when the laptop is still, but if I pick it up
> or move it little bit, it freezes the windows and I need to restart.
>
> I sent to Fujitsu service, they quoted $600 and said the motherboard
> needs to be changed, which I declined.
>
> Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible solutions
> you can suggest?
>
> As a last resort, if I need to sell the laptop in its semi-working
> condition, can you recommend a site that buys this kind of laptops?
>
Have you tried the obvious?
Boot to the minimum system...DOS floppy.
See if it locks up.
Access the hard drive, see if it locks up.
Run a floppy based ram test like memtest 86.
See if it crashes when you move it.

Divide and conquer.
mike
Just realized I'd probably get a bunch of crap from newsgroup lurkers if
you don't have a floppy drive...gotta be extremely careful what I say
here...
If you don't have a floppy drive, try a usb floppy
or a CD boot to dos.

If all else fails, I've been known to buy busted laptops for the fun of
fixin' 'em.

Thanks for all the ideas.

You were right, I don't have a floppy.
But I reformatted and re-installed XP - it didn't help.

Unfortunately, the DOS-boot and mem-test go way beyond my IT knowledge,
I have no idea how to do that...


mike wrote:
> aslsj******.com wrote:
> > I have a fujitsu laptop that I bought in 2004. I worked w/o problems so
> > far.
> > But couple weeks ago, it started freezing everytime I move the laptop
> > slightly. It works fine when the laptop is still, but if I pick it up
> > or move it little bit, it freezes the windows and I need to restart.
> >
> > I sent to Fujitsu service, they quoted $600 and said the motherboard
> > needs to be changed, which I declined.
> >
> > Has anyone encountered such a strange problem? Any possible solutions
> > you can suggest?
> >
> > As a last resort, if I need to sell the laptop in its semi-working
> > condition, can you recommend a site that buys this kind of laptops?
> >
> Have you tried the obvious?
> Boot to the minimum system...DOS floppy.
> See if it locks up.
> Access the hard drive, see if it locks up.
> Run a floppy based ram test like memtest 86.
> See if it crashes when you move it.
>
> Divide and conquer.
> mike
> Just realized I'd probably get a bunch of crap from newsgroup lurkers if
> you don't have a floppy drive...gotta be extremely careful what I say
> here...
> If you don't have a floppy drive, try a usb floppy
> or a CD boot to dos.
>
> If all else fails, I've been known to buy busted laptops for the fun of
> fixin' 'em.