Lockups with a 3 month old laptop - Advice sought!

[dragon]

Originally Posted by royaltiger

My point about warranty being void, i could not see a company fixing a computer if the software preinstalled has been deleted or changed, as this could be a reason there is a hardware failure, which more likely would be a driver conflict, that does not mean i dont agree the company should fix the problem, i just think you make it harder to get it repaired under a warranty if you are changing operating systems as this was not what was originally bought and sold as a working pc.

I'm not talking driver conflict i'm talking hardware failure, there is a difference.

If its faulty and its prooven that its the hardware thats faulty it doesn't make a rats backside what the OS is.

[jellybaby]

If its a Atheros Wlan, then i'd put money on that !!!

I've got the same Wlan on my laptop, and under Vista would lockup or reboot alot, especially while downloading. I've used various drivers from the Atheros website, but to no real satisfaction. Some of the older drivers let me download a little longer, but still resulted in a lockup or reboot

I've installed XP pro on to my machine and all is 'nearly' well. I have noticed the signal dropouts now and again, but not long enough to time out anything.

Hope this helps a little

[dragon]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

If its a Atheros Wlan, then i'd put money on that !!!

I've got the same Wlan on my laptop, and under Vista would lockup or reboot alot, especially while downloading. I've used various drivers from the Atheros website, but to no real satisfaction. Some of the older drivers let me download a little longer, but still resulted in a lockup or reboot

I've installed XP pro on to my machine and all is 'nearly' well. I have noticed the signal dropouts now and again, but not long enough to time out anything.

Hope this helps a little

Funny never really noticed that problem on my macbook when I had it run vista, Think thats got Atheros wlan.

[southwell]

Originally Posted by royaltiger

My point about warranty being void, i could not see a company fixing a computer if the software preinstalled has been deleted or changed, as this could be a reason there is a hardware failure, which more likely would be a driver conflict, that does not mean i dont agree the company should fix the problem, i just think you make it harder to get it repaired under a warranty if you are changing operating systems as this was not what was originally bought and sold as a working pc.

Most machines come with either a restore cd or restore partition on the hard disk. If you install XP and it corrupts in some way you either re-install XP or run the system restore cd/partition. If you install XP because you prefere it and it corrupts wouldn't you just re-install XP????