HP Pavillion

[JasonS]

I have an HP Pavillion 6355 that has a habit of beeping almost like a warning then freezing up. It is not windows specific because it will do it in Windows, my accounting software, and whatever else it feels like. HP says it is a hardware problem and would have to be sent in but I probly blew the warranty when I put in the 3com card. But has been in there for a while and no problems until recently.<br><br>Any Ideas?<br><br>Thanks

 

[ATCal]

If it does it with some regularity sounds like it may be trying to go into some kind of sleep mode. I'm not real familiar with the HPs, but I would turn off the Power Management in the BIOS and see if that helps.<br><br>Al

 

[JasonS]

I have turned off all the Powersave features as I do with any system that comes through my doors...so it has been off for a long time&nbsp;&nbsp;now, but thanks&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>

 

[Imagineer]

You didn't blow the warrantee by putting in an expansion card of any type.<br><br>If it is a hardware problem, then that piece of hardware will have to be fixed.&nbsp;&nbsp;There rarely is a &quot;patch&quot; for hardware problems.<br><br>

 

[edfair]

And some models have 3 yr on site warranty.&nbsp;&nbsp;Read your paperwork. If you carry it in it saves them a bunch of money. And if it does need carry in, try a warranty repair station. And test the machine before you leave the shop.

 

[Guest_imported]

Check the fan on the CPU - it might be dead and the CPU overheats