T500 Freezes Often

I have a T500 (model 2081-CTO) which freezes at random (and inopportune) times, several times per week. I had this problem since I first got the computer and the people at lenovo tech support keep suggesting the problem will be solved by reloading windows. Well I've reloaded windows vista >4 times to no relief. Then upgraded to the release candidate of windows 7, and now the full version, however the problem continues. I have a 64 bit system with switchable graphics between the ATI mobility radeon 3650 and a integrated intel graphics card.
The only common thread, which happens on most (but not all) freezes, is that in the event viewer there are errors associated with atikmdag (which hints that the problem is with the graphics card/drivers but i have the latest drivers, etc). Sometimes there are no errors associated with the freeze listed in the event log.
The computer is completely unresponsive - keyboard, mouse, trackpad, etc all dont respond. The screen stays on with windows up (no blue screen/black screen usually). Sometimes if i'm listening to music, the sound will continue for many more minutes. I don't have a webcam so instead there is a little LED light at the top of the screen. One of the the only thing that responds while the computer is frozen is that is hitting FN+PgUp turns on and off that light. Furthermore the wireless on/off toggle will turn on and off the wireless/bluetooth lights below the screen. The hard drive light continues to flash while the computer is frozen. control-alt-delete doesn't work. The only way to get the computer to do anything is to hold the power button till it turns off and restart the computer...

did you get the latest drivers from the lenovo website and load them?
Thinkpad T500 - Intel Core2 P8400 (2.26GHz), 4 gigs of ram, 160GB/7200rpm hard drive, ATI 3650 GPU, WSXGA+ panel

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<Task>0</Task>
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<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-02-21T17:26:08.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>4712</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
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<Security />
</System>
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<Data>//./root/CIMV2</Data>
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- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="ACPI" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49157">13</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-02-21T16:49:03.475Z" />
<EventRecordID>121467</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>waenger</Computer>
<Security />
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- <EventData>
<Data />
<Binary>0000680001000000000000000D0005C0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000647ADA001300FFFF9300FFFF73000F0013003A0083001C05A3094C1213008F0163000B0053002F127300130013085B0083008A0213086B42A32AFFFF1318190263000A0053003B0C7300130013085D0083004105A308051113084500130A780033820B0015002C00</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
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//edit some informations in english:
Event id 13 http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=13&eventno=9778&phase=1
Event id 10 http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=10&eventno=10041&phase=1
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http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/how-to-recover-a-lost-or-stolen-ipad/
How to Find a Stolen iPad
http://www.ehow.com/how_7586429_stolen-ipad.html
Apple Product Lost or Stolen
http://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/lost-or-st olen
Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html
 Cheers, Tom

My iPad 2 is freezing often

My iPad 2 is freezing often.

Please tell me that it has NEVER been jailbroke. If that's the case, here are some standard repair procedures:
First, try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. It could take well over an hour! Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow the on-screen directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
At the end of the basic Restore, you will be asked if you wish to sync the iPad/iPod. As before, say "yes." Note that that sync selection will disappear and the Restore will end if you do not respond within a reasonable time. If that happens, only the apps that are part of the IOS will appear on your device. Corrective action is simple - choose manual "Sync" from the bottom right of iTunes.
If you're unable to do the Restore (or it doesn't help), go into Recovery Mode per the instructions here. You WILL lose all of your data (game scores, etc,) but, for the most part, you can redownload apps and music without being charged again. Also, if you have IOS-7, read this.

Power Mac G4 (FW800) freezes often, with an occasional kernel panic

I recently purchased a Power Mac G4 (FW800) on eBay for $160, minus a hard drive and stock video card, along with a hard drive cage.
Since I opened the box it came in late Saturday night, the lovely machine has constantly stalled, crashed, and for a while, I received kernel panics left and right-in fact, I had one today, but it was the text version (unlike the visual kernel panic, which is the kernel panic seen in OS X 10.2+, and I have 10.4.11 running on this machine).
Often, if I multitask, import music on iTunes, or do intense activity, it freezes.
To solve the problem, I have done multiple memory tests, have performed disk checks (verified disk permissions and have verified the disk itself, and have done repairs on the disk), have swapped RAM for more stable ram (I was getting a RAM error for a while with some generic RAM).
I would hate to sell the machine for parts, but if worse comes to worse, that may be the route I may go under. Is there anything I could do to avoid having to go that route? From the inside, all of the motherboard capacitors look fine, but I haven't checked the graphics card yet, but I doubt that's the culprit. I want to see if I could push my luck with Apple sending the AHT for the Power Mac, since I can't find any on eBay, but I'm working with a vintage Mac here, and this is New York, so my luck may be out.
Interesting, I installed iStat, and it has been giving me misleading readings. It says my CPU is at over 1000ºC, when I know through Temperature Monitor that the CPU is around 100º-110ºF and rarely goes above 115ºF.
There are some things I haven't tried yet:
1) Buying actual 2.5v RAM. That may hopefully be the key.
2) Removing the USB card I put in, along with my Broadcom-equipped Belkin Wi-Fi card I put in.
3) Calling Apple and begging them to send me a copy of the AHT for the Power Mac, and with that, hopefully, a copy of the system software.
Any suggestions? Comments? If need be, I'll post the system/crash logs for you hardware junkies.
System stats:
Power Mac G4 (FW800)
1.0GHz PowerPC G4 on a 133MHz bus
1GB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (originally had some PC3200 in the machine).
120GB Seagate HD
Stock Phillips CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo
Pioneer DVD-111D (the nice DVD burner I cannibalized off my beautiful homebuilt Wine-doze PC)
Belkin 54g 802.11g Wi-Fi card
Masscool XWT-MTU25 USB 2.0 card
So far, I have removed iStat, have gone ahead and pulled out the USB card. We'll keep fingers crossed.

Did both, and I still freeze up when importing iTunes songs. I'll include some kernel panic logs for reference, for you techies.
1) Thu Nov 27 22:42:50 2008
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00260820): fg: being freed with bad fg_count (32548120)
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00260820 0x0025E95C 0x0025E730 0x002ABDB8 0x000ABD30
0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3C240780)
PC=0x90014BEC; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x00424000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x907C9088; R1=0xF007C240; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
2) Tue Nov 25 20:21:06 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x600 - Alignment DAR=0x0000000002DDCC3D PC=0x00000000000A43C0
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
Backtrace:
0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0006): 0x600 - Alignment
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
Backtrace:
0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

Macbook Pro freezes often after the hard drive replaced

Hi I just had the hard drive of my 17" mbp replaced at the Apple Store. The reason I brought my mbp in was because the Disk Utility couldn't fix my HD's problem (loud noise, extremely hot, slow..and disk utility couldn't run repair), and the genius bar person suggested I replace the hard drive.
However after I had my compter back, even though it is not as hot as before and the Disk Utility showed everything is normal now, the really loud fan (possibly fan I guess) noise still sounds very crazy. I was just doing some web surfing, light work stuff, but the HD area just roared. Also my computer freezes so often now, and apprears busy (showing the rainbow color spinning ball) quite frequently even when I am just using Safari and Mail. This is quite annoying and makes me worried more.
Do you guys have any suggestions? I could bring it back to the store again but it was really a trouble. Any ideas will be highly appreciated. Thanks!!

Thank you both. Before I take it back, I would like to confirm one last thing: how often should the mbp make loud fan noise? Or actually we should never hear the fan noise? I really don't remember when I just got this computer (June 2006) I used to hear fan running like this. But I do know if the CPU was too busy while I were using Adobe programs or play WOW or somehing on my old computer, the fan of my old computer (PC) was pretty loud. I am just wondering if the situation I am experiencing is normal or not before I send it back. Thanks!

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