Laptop freezing upon startup

Last night, I was playing an online game, when my entire computer locked up for about 5 minutes. After this, a blue screen popped up, however instead of doing the normal "Physical Memory Dump" most Blue Screens do, it merely told me something had stopped working, then my computer restarted, but nothing would load besides my cursor and a solid black screen.
I gave this until today to try to work on it, and it would load my desktop background and programs, but it would freeze after about a minute or if I tried to click on anything. I can only run my computer in safe-mode (which is where it is now). I have tried virus scans (norton stops working mid-scan), registry repairs, defrag, and other various methods but I have yet to fix this issue upon startup in normal mode. Does anyone have anything else I can try, or have had a similar experience? Any input is greatly appreciated

Satellite L445D-S5976
Maybe this one, Brandon?
Satellite L455D-S5976
I can only run my computer in safe-mode
First thing to try is a System Restore from Safe mode.
What is System Restore?
-Jerry

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This can be used to boot the machine and delelte enough files to get it to boot normally.
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Hello,
I just started a new job and have a laptop that was supplied to me by the company. Before I go to IT I want to see if I can fix this issue myself. Sometimes (maybe 10 or 15% of the time) when I open my laptop or wake it up from sleep mode, when
I go to the login screen it will freeze. This usually happens a few seconds after the screen appears, and will freeze whether or not I've hit CTRL+ALT+DEL or began to enter my login creds. My keyboard (integrated) and mouse (USB) both freeze and are
unresponsive, so I must manually restart the computer.
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Hi,
Regarding current information, please check if the video card drivers are up to date. Install the latest video card drivers for Windows 7.
Tips for fixing common driver problems:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Tips-for-fixing-common-driver-problems
I would suggest you to run the Power troubleshooter to adjust your computer's power settings, and check if it works properly.
Here are the steps:
1. Open the Power troubleshooter by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel.
2. In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click Troubleshooting.
3. Under System and Security, click Improve power usage.
If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
For more information, logon to:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Power-troubleshooter
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions
How to troubleshoot performance issues with standby, hibernate, and resume:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950686
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[SOLVED] Laptop freezes at startup after kernel upgrade to 3.13.6

Some days ago I got a new Dell Sputnik 3 Laptop and installed Arch Linux with UEFI Boot and gummiboot as bootloader. The installation was successful.
However two days ago there was an upgrade for the Linux Kernel from 3.13.5 to 3.13.6. When I restarted the Laptop after the upgrade of the kernel the Laptop freezed directly after pushing the power button (never got ahead of the initial DELL logo).
I ran the DELL hardware diagnostics to identify a possible damage of the SSD but everything was ok. Than I booted into a live system ad mounted the root partition and there was no problem work on it. Additionally I change the value of timeout in gummiboots loader.conf (it was commented out before). Since than I got the gummiboot boot menu at least. So narrowing down, I think something happened during the kernel upgrade. Unfortunately I have no clue what could it be since I am convinced that at the installation process some days before I did everything like it was described at the beginners guide so automatic gummiboot update had to be possible.
The drive is partitioned in the live system looks like this (look at sda):
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot
└─sda2 8:2 0 235G 0 part /
fstab like this:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sda2
UUID=3f216fdb-f4c6-459a-856f-6f246d7a5bff / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sda1
UUID=0F8F-2A3B /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 2
# swap
/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0
I have and arch.conf in gummiboot looking like this:
title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=/dev/sda2 rw
and the loader.conf of gumiboot looking like this:
timeout 5
default 56cccedc29f1418ab2d8f1762ea09471-*
Now, I don't know anymore how to proceed to identify the problem and hopefully solve it
Last edited by cutuchiqueno (2014-03-11 21:47:32)

looks like this issue might be the same:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=172961&p=1
If I find time I might try using an alternative to gummiboot to see if this works.
Update: There also seems to be a reopened bug report on this https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33745
Last edited by Strawpants (2014-03-10 21:26:26)

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lots of work has gone into this project and would hate to lose it so far into the project.
at the moment, I have not upgraded any program (i movie, i tunes, garageband) in fear of losing any of my projects, should i be fearful.
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Satellite L445D-S5976
Maybe this one, Brandon?
Satellite L455D-S5976
I can only run my computer in safe-mode
First thing to try is a System Restore from Safe mode.
What is System Restore?
-Jerry

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Thank you for your reply,
Lets do a couple of steps now:
1) Are you on a desktop or laptop?
2) Can you disconnect all USB devices on your computer and re-create the issue?
3) If the issue persists, can you post the log of your computer's Event Viewer (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427) when the computer seems to freeze?
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Laptop freezes on startup

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 stops responding (hangs) during startup
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On those I've encountered this, the situation is random. It affects some boots and not others.
tried the recovery disk with a brand new hard drive. Same result.
And according to the specs for your model, the Recovery discs have Vista prior to Service Pack 1.
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Since yesterday my Firefox will not open anymore.
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All support articles here suggest clearing cache and all that, but I can't do anything because it just immediately freezes.

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settings. If the browser works find in safe mode, then the problem could
be an add-on. But first do this. Go to '''''[https://www.mozilla.org Mozilla.org]'''''
to download the latest version of Firefox. DO NOT UPDATE. Get the full
installer. After you download the installer, remove Firefox using the
windows uninstaller. Then run the FF installer you just got. You will
not lose much of anything. Now try FF normally. If you still have problems,
then you will need to reset the browser. This will remove ALL ADD-ONS,
and reset ALL SETTINGS to their default settings. If the problem is
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few at a time. Close FF, and restart after each group. Good Luck.
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The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information. <br>
'''Note''': ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.''
*Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.
To Reset Firefox do the following:
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#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
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Hello, all,
I'm currently running Firefox 25.0.1 on Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 on a Dell XPS 8300, 64 bit OS. Recently, everytime I start up Firefox, it freezes automatically without my clicking anything. I'm then forced to hold down the shift key, while clicking the Firefox icon, in order to reset the browser. I've uninstalled/reinstalled it a few times, but the problem persists. I believe it might be a script issue, but can't be certain. This scenario plays out everytime I start my computer, which really puzzles me that I need to fix it everytime. Any ideas?
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starts Firefox in Safe Mode. This disables all your add-ons and some
settings. If the browser works find in safe mode, then the problem could
be an add-on. But first do this. Go to '''''[https://www.mozilla.org Mozilla.org]'''''
to download the latest version of Firefox. DO NOT UPDATE. Get the full
installer. After you download the installer, remove Firefox using the
windows uninstaller. Then run the FF installer you just got. You will
not lose much of anything. Now try FF normally. If you still have problems,
then you will need to reset the browser. This will remove ALL ADD-ONS,
and reset ALL SETTINGS to their default settings. If the problem is
gone, then it was one of the add-ons. Re-install your add-ons only a
few at a time. Close FF, and restart after each group. Good Luck.
===================================
The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information. <br>
'''Note''': ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.''
*Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!
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Hi Folks,
Using Mac OS 10.4.4. I tried to start up classic. The window appears and it gets to the "Mac OS 9" "Welcome to Mac OS" screen. After reading a previous post i tried to turn of the extensions but found that it had already been done. So, I of course tried to turn them back on but it still didn't work. It's been like this for some time so I dont know what might have been the initial cause.
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ms

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Norton Internet Security 2008 will freeze my computer as soon it tries to load and the only way to go on is to restart the system by pressing the on/off-button.
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Hi !
I use NIS since 2001 and never had any serious trouble with this software.
There could be some compatibility problem, but I don't think that Vista is causing it, because otherwise a lot more people should have the same problem. Even the installation of all current Windows, NIS and Qosmio updates did not solve it. Of course I tried to get help using Symantec's Support and their user forums, but without success. This problem seems to be a rare one (unfortunately for me). I tested the NIS2009beta and even though it's a new version, the PC freezes again when this program starts. And this made me think that maybe a service or setup by Toshiba causes the problem and other Vista users are not affected. It's a strange thing that the pre-installed NIS2007 version is running fine...
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