Goldentoa11
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Okay, I bought a D610 the other day from a guy off of Craigslist. He said the computer is "100%" functional. When I got home with the laptop, after testing it out before I bought it, it refused to get past the BIOS. It froze, and after multiple tries, I got it to boot. While using it, it froze a lot. I wondered if it was a Windows problem, so I resized my NTFS partition, and then installed Ubuntu. On Ubuntu, it does the same thing: freezes up. I've noticed that the computer is EXTREMELY sensitive to pressure, ie, I can jiggle the laptop around a little some times, and it will unfreeze itself. If I lift up and play around with the lower right hand corner of the laptop, it usually unfreezes for a little bit, before I set it back down level. When it's level it usually freezes up, and then unfreezes if I tip it.
Also, the USBs work for the first 5 minutes of being on, but then they all mysteriously die. I have four ports, and no matter which one I plug it in, it unfailingly dies on me.
Here's a list of what I've done to it since I purchased it:
1.) Completely dismantled and reseated everything.
2.) Used compressed air to blow off the moBo because I thought maybe the USB problem was caused by some dusty connections.
3.) Changed the Processor because I had a compatible one from a prior laptop.
4.) Switched out the RAM from a prior laptop I had. It uses DDR2 memory.
5.) Obviously, I resized and reformatted and installed Ubuntu.
One other thing I might add is that the guy gave me a generic power adapter for it.
I'm really frustrated, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
**Edit**
I noticed that if I press down right up at the corners of the touchpad, the computer unfreezes.
Also, the USBs work for the first 5 minutes of being on, but then they all mysteriously die. I have four ports, and no matter which one I plug it in, it unfailingly dies on me.
Here's a list of what I've done to it since I purchased it:
1.) Completely dismantled and reseated everything.
2.) Used compressed air to blow off the moBo because I thought maybe the USB problem was caused by some dusty connections.
3.) Changed the Processor because I had a compatible one from a prior laptop.
4.) Switched out the RAM from a prior laptop I had. It uses DDR2 memory.
5.) Obviously, I resized and reformatted and installed Ubuntu.
One other thing I might add is that the guy gave me a generic power adapter for it.
I'm really frustrated, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
**Edit**
I noticed that if I press down right up at the corners of the touchpad, the computer unfreezes.
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It's worth a shot, though.