Not ubuntu specific, but here anyway to get help.
problem:
a) The hard drive indicator stop blinking or completely goes dead and computer freezes. At this point I have to do HARD REBOOT, as keyboard/mouse do not respond. neither do the special commands, ctrl-alt-(function keys) f7/f1/f3/f12 respond.
b) When I do hard reboot, there is no guarantee the computer will boot again. Usually when this happens I've noticed that hard drive light never comes up on boot. At that point I usually wait for 10 mins or more and pray and forsure it boots later, but may freeze again.
tried and concluded:
TR1: Problem not related to software: Tried fresh installs of all system (win 7, xp, ubuntu), i always have the problem.
hardware spec:
t61 lenovo, with nvidia 140m, hitatchi 100gb drive, 2gb ram. machine is more than 5 yrs old, I've replaced the fan on it already once.
I am attaching hard disk results from smartmontools.
Request:
a) Can you please advise how to read this result? If this was your hard drive what would you do? Does the hard drive need replacement?
b) Is there a way to rule out mobo / graphics card issues?
Thanks in advance
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