Laptop Blues
I have been getting this hardware problem with my laptop this past two weeks. I mentioned it before here. It usually happens when I move my laptop around on the table or just walking around with it.
Last weekend, I have completely wiped out the old OS and restored the factory settings on my Fujitsu laptop. So, I have completely eliminated the driver or software issues which I thought for a moment was the crux of the problem.
Last night, I made some experiments. I decided to take out the memory and the hard drive to do some investigating to what is causing this I/O hardware problem. The connection for both devices seemed to be ok.
Then, I did the flex the unit test. Only then, I realized I can reproduced the problem by flexing the corner where the hard drive resides. This is not good.
I’m still perplexed to what is happening, but at least I have the problem pinpointed to either the hard drive or the board in that corner of the latop.
I will do so more testing and get to the bottom of this. This I/O issue is beginning to annoy me since the computer crashes and I have to close the lid of the laptop each time to get the BIOS to boot up.
[...] Who would have thought? I have been having laptop problems lately with my Fujitsu S6210. Here’s some early postings: 1, 2, 3. I searched high and low for what’s been causing the problem. Well, apparently I didn’t search high enough. As it turns out, I read in this forum that several people have had the same issue. [...]