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Cahan
March 17th, 2010, 04:48 PM
Howdy and I have a Dell Laptop C640 Latitude that locks up with in a min or two of booting up after I update from 09.04 to 09.10 or if I do a clean install of 04.10 I do not know if it is the laptop or the 09.10 that is doing it and with 10.04 going to be coming out soon I need help

Pat

dacapo
April 18th, 2010, 02:13 AM
Howdy and I have a Dell Laptop C640 Latitude that locks up with in a min or two of booting up after I update from 09.04 to 09.10 or if I do a clean install of 04.10 I do not know if it is the laptop or the 09.10 that is doing it and with 10.04 going to be coming out soon I need help

Pat

Same here! Do you know if an older version worked okay?

PRC09
April 18th, 2010, 04:33 AM
I have seen a few lock-up issues caused by heat ie:fans not working properly or coming on when they are supposed to.You can check which version Bios you are using and maybe try upgrading to the latest and see if that helps.That solved this problem on both laptops I use, 1 Acer and 1 Dell.Hope this helps.....

snowpine
April 18th, 2010, 05:32 AM
I always test a Live CD of a new release before I commit to an upgrade. If the Live CD does not work, I know it is not the right release for my hardware and I skip it. 9.04 will be fully supported through October 2010. Wait until 10.04 has a stable release and give a Live CD a try, see if you have the same problem. 10.04 will have a focus on stability so maybe it will be right for you. Also give the Search box at the top right a try, as I see there are several existing threads on Latitude C640 installs. :)