Lenovo G450 Freezes randomly

System - Lenovo G450
intel C2D 2.2 GHZ
4GB RAM
320 GB HDD
I had it for about 6months now. For the past month or so it started freezing randomly when left open for more than an hour.initially it was once in 2-3 days but now it seems to be doing that more often. everything just freezes mouse, screen, keyboard even "Ctrl Alt Del" wouldnt work. i have to force the shutdown by long pressing the power button. it does that randomly some days it wouldnt freeze at all. searching through forums found that it could be power management issue. i tried changing power management options and disabling "sleep" without success. I hope its not a hardware/motherboard issue. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

These are the common problem
a) Most of the freezes I have experienced are due to graphic card problem. This is IMHO a intel-lenovo, or Nvdia-lenovo driver problem.
b) A second common source of problem is overheating of the graphic card, especially during intense movie, gaming.
c) A rare but possible problem is the window networking (especially window xp) trying to find the domain, IP address, network cache or whatever. The issue was so random that I don't think there was a solution. You will experience this if you ever try to connect to a network and find a disk drive, it just 'freeze' till the correct IP and window network name is 'resolved'. Some googled solutions shows that you can set the search time to faster, eg 1 second instead of the default.....with some compromise of course.
My suggestion is
a) You can try process tamer, a freeware at http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/proctamer/ What this does is to reduce the process that is hogging the system and at least give you back some control from the 'freezing'. This works great for me when using XP. You can also see which process is the culprit
b) From Bios set the CPU Stepping to be 'balance' instead of maximum performance for AC or battery operation mode.
c) You can download an official window 7 that can be tested for 30 days before activation is required. Set a 30GB partition and install this into that partition. When bootup you can choose XP or window 7. This is for you to use window 7 to see if the freezing still occurs.

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b) A second common source of problem is overheating of the graphic card, especially during intense movie, gaming.
c) A rare but possible problem is the window networking (especially window xp) trying to find the domain, IP address, network cache or whatever. The issue was so random that I don't think there was a solution. You will experience this if you ever try to connect to a network and find a disk drive, it just 'freeze' till the correct IP and window network name is 'resolved'. Some googled solutions shows that you can set the search time to faster, eg 1 second instead of the default.....with some compromise of course.
My suggestion is
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b) From Bios set the CPU Stepping to be 'balance' instead of maximum performance for AC or battery operation mode.
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HI,
I just recently bought a Lenovo G450 with the ff. specs:
Intel P8700 2.53 GHz
3 GB RAM (originally 2GB but was upgraded to 3GB as part of a promo)
320 GB HDD
The unit keeps crashing whenever I am on the internet or playing games (mouse and everything has NO RESPONSE, sound repeats like a broken recorder) and I end up manually shutting down the unit (hold down the power button for a few seconds). This happens in less than 1 hour of use...
I checked the lenovo website and cross checked it with my device manager, all drivers seems to be updated.... I also ran a THOROUGH HDD error check but to no avail...
Am I the only one experiencing this? Is there a software solution for this problem (driver updates maybe?)??
Solved!
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Hi,
Nope, its still crashing.. but now it happens in about 5mins of use! I can't use the thing now... I plan to bring it to the service center now since my time gets eaten up every time I troubleshoot.
I'm really frustrated with this since this is my first lenovo laptop.. I thought I would be buying an excellent unit (considering the specs vs price)..turns out to be the opposite..
Here's a recap of the problems I experienced (please confirm if we have the same problem):
Everytime it crashes/freeze (no mouse, keyboard response, sound repeats like broken recorder), I do manual shutdown. Wait 20secs, then restart it (choose the Normal Start-up). Sometimes McAfee and NVIDIA shows errors (deactivated), sometimes it doesn't. McAfee automatically restarts during its regular update.
After 5mins-1hr, the thing crashes/freezes up again. The next restart I do, it automatically goes to Error check, then asks me if want to do a system restore. I accept, then still the SAME thing! It crashes/freezes again!
BTW, here are the list of the things I did to troubleshoot but didn't help:
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2) Updated NVIDIA Graphics (G210M) driver (the most updated is found in the NVIDIA website).
3) Uninstalled the McAfee Anti-Virus. McAfee gets deactivated after a crash. So I thought it was the problem..wrong move on my part... the crash interval decreased significantly (1hr to about 5mins) after I uninstalled it. I replaced it with a free AVG Anti-virus just to kill the WARNING about missing anti-virus protection.
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5) Ran the laptop in SAFE MODE. It doesn't crash anymore after 10mins of use! But I didn't test long enough (since you can't really do anything on SAFE MODE) so I'm not quite sure.
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hi mzwang,
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Thats the reason why I asked if notebooks are connected to some company LAN.
I saw somewhere on this forum that similar issues were noticed in the same situation. Notebook was somehow blocked when was part of domain.
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I really don't believe some long discussion here will help you much.
If your local administrator cannot find out what the problem can be than you need professional help.
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# journalctl | grep -i error
Nov 07 23:22:43 starlancer kernel: [drm:r100_cs_track_texture_print] *ERROR* bpp 4
Nov 07 23:22:43 starlancer kernel: [drm:r100_cs_track_texture_print] *ERROR* coordinate type 0
Nov 07 23:22:43 starlancer kernel: [drm:r100_cs_track_texture_print] *ERROR* width round to power of 2 0
Nov 07 23:22:43 starlancer kernel: [drm:r100_cs_track_texture_print] *ERROR* height round to power of 2 0
Nov 07 23:22:43 starlancer kernel: [drm:r100_cs_track_texture_print] *ERROR* compress format 0
Nov 07 23:22:43 starlancer kernel: [drm:radeon_cs_ib_chunk] *ERROR* Invalid command stream !
Nov 07 23:41:07 starlancer dbus-daemon[275]: dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=273 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.418" (uid=1002 pid=19143 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz ")
Nov 07 23:41:07 starlancer dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=273 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.418" (uid=1002 pid=19143 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz ")
Nov 07 23:42:07 starlancer dbus-daemon[275]: dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=273 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.418" (uid=1002 pid=19143 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz ")
Nov 07 23:42:07 starlancer dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=273 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.418" (uid=1002 pid=19143 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz ")
Nov 07 23:42:16 starlancer gnome-session[19143]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
Nov 07 23:42:20 starlancer dbus-daemon[275]: dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.438" (uid=0 pid=19658 comm="/usr/sbin/gdm-binary ") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.439" (uid=0 pid=19664 comm="/usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gn")
Nov 07 23:42:20 starlancer dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.438" (uid=0 pid=19658 comm="/usr/sbin/gdm-binary ") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.439" (uid=0 pid=19664 comm="/usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gn")
Nov 07 23:42:20 starlancer NetworkManager[269]: <error> [1352360540.622789] [nm-system.c:924] add_ip4_route_to_gateway(): (wlan0): failed to add IPv4 route to gateway (-12)
Nov 08 00:19:41 starlancer dbus-daemon[275]: dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=273 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.487" (uid=1002 pid=19809 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz ")
Nov 08 00:19:41 starlancer dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.1" (uid=0 pid=273 comm="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.487" (uid=1002 pid=19809 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz ")
Nov 08 00:20:33 starlancer gnome-session[19809]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
Nov 08 00:20:36 starlancer dbus-daemon[275]: dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.507" (uid=0 pid=20280 comm="/usr/sbin/gdm-binary ") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.508" (uid=0 pid=20286 comm="/usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gn")
Nov 08 00:20:36 starlancer dbus[275]: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.507" (uid=0 pid=20280 comm="/usr/sbin/gdm-binary ") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.508" (uid=0 pid=20286 comm="/usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gn")
Nov 08 00:20:37 starlancer NetworkManager[269]: <error> [1352362837.36005] [nm-system.c:924] add_ip4_route_to_gateway(): (wlan0): failed to add IPv4 route to gateway (-12)
# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i -e "(EE)" -e "(WW)"
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 22555.361] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 22555.361] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 22555.361] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 22555.364] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 22555.366] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 22555.366] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 22555.367] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[ 22555.367] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 22555.367] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 22555.367] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
EDIT: My desktop is started by systemd using graphical.target and gdm.service to start the GDM display manager on terminal 1 (TTY1). My Gnome desktop runs in Classic (Fallback) mode with Compiz and compiz-decorator-gtk for effect. I
Any idea what might be causing these freezes or what info I can further provide?
EDIT: Processes in X are apparently not crashing, only the video output is. For example, if I'm running applications with sound, I continue hearing sound though the graphics are completely frozen. Is there a way to refresh the graphics or video card somehow?
Last edited by amadar (2012-12-20 10:59:32)

bmanuel wrote:
I think i got my problem, but i don't know how to solve it: after much troubles i found out that whenever i have an SMB connection with a machine that then goes down/disconnect from network without me unmounting the share BEFORE it, then BOOM, everything freeze.
I noticed this only because i was sharing a directory with my brother and noticed i had the froze as soon as he got disconnected from the network: so i asked him to power on that machine and.. magic! My machine unfroze instantly!
But now, how to fix that?! Is it due to my /etc/fstab? Does this really matter with nemo/nautilus mounted shares? This, however, depicts the machine in question (the one that, disconnecting from the network, caused my own to freeze)
//themachine.local/shared /home/username/mountpoint/ cifs noauto,guest,username=myname,password=mypassword,uid=1000,gid=100 0 0
At last I found out what's my problem, hopefully your situation is similar so that we can work out a solution on this one.
THANKS! I'm quite sure this is the reason gnome shell freezes for me as well. I was mounting my box.com cloud with this entry in /etc/fstab:
# box.com account
https://www.box.com/dav /home/abtz/Box davfs rw,user,noauto 0 0
If anyone has an idea for how to fix this, I'm all ears. For now, I'll just remove the entry from /etc/fstab.
I'm running vanilla Gnome, with only the Frippery shutdown menu and battery remaining extensions installed.

HP Elite 7100 freezes randomly

Mostly brand new (about 3 months old) HP Elite 7100 mT (i5 750, 4GB RAM, ATI 5450) freezes randomly.
Tried reinstalling OS with clean Windows and fresh drivers of HP website and/or INTEL/AMD accordingly, still happens.
When it freezes, the windows log doesn't write anything, only that the subsequent boot was unplanned (meaning it's not kernel level, but hardware level).
I used diagnostic software to stress-test the computer but temperatures remain within normal parameters and stress-testing it does not make it freeze - it is apparently completely random (about once a day or two).
Anything I should try or do before I start the agonizing process of trying to explain the local HP support what's wrong so that they can take the computer to the lab and try to reproduce it to no avail?

T-G, EVGA is a good manufacturer. However, the card is 9" in length. This may present some space problems. As for temp problems, I suggest seeing if nVidia makes software to allow you to control the fan speed. My XFX card is ATI. ATI has software (Catalyst Control Center) to allow me to adjust the fan speed and overclock the card if I desire.
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