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Crispy keeps crashing.
It wasn't the fan. We replaced that.
It doesn't appear to be the RAM, I swapped that out for a different known good set.
The SSD in it isn't that old either.
After a crash, it fires right back up without any drama or error messages.
Might simply be time to get a new (used) computer to replace her.
Update:
It might be the laptop tray thing I've been using flexing and blocking air flow too. A more rigid solution is on the way.
Have you run a diagnostic on the motherboard? My ThinkPad was crashing with disk errors that turned out to be a controller.
ReplyDeleteI have not run a diagnostic because I don't know how to do it. If it relies on Windows, I can't because it's running Ubuntu.
DeleteWhen JT replaced the fan, did he just replace the fan, or was it the entire fan with heat sink and heat pipe assembly?
ReplyDeleteI ask, because with the age of Crispy IV, it would be a good idea to reapply the thermal paste between the heat sink and the processor.
If JT replaced the fan/heat sink/heat pipe assembly, I presume he also reapplied new thermal paste.
There are also folks on the interwebz discussing different FRUs (Field Replaceable Units aka parts) for that assembly; some better than others. Also some folks saying that the heat pipes degrade over time, but I'm skeptical of that. It's also been a really long time since I repaired laptops for a living, so what do I know about new fangled laptop designs. Get off my lawn!
Anyway, new thermal paste is an idea.
The fan is a complete heat-pipe assembly. It comes with a little rectangle of thermal stuff pre-attached to where it goes on the processor.
DeleteIf the more rigid pad doesn't cure it, we're going to try taking it apart again and reapplying paste.