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by thorpe322

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Here it is: I have an HP 4150B laptop. Runing XP Pro w/256 MB ram and a 450mhz cpu. If the wall power cord is not plugged in when it boots up, the PC freezes after the log in screen. If I leave it plugged in until after everything loads, it willrun fine on battery power. I have the most recent BIOS for this model. I have toyed with the power management options. Im stumped.

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by qhcomputingny

Call the manufacturer and let them know what has happened. They should have a fix for this, if not to replace the whole unit itself.

by thorpe322

Actually that wont do me much good. The laptop was made in 1999. I installed XP Pro on my own, replacing Win98. HP is "hands off" when it comes to XP on this model laptop. So im looking for a cause and solution to this issue which I can repair on my own.

by nair_paresh

XP could be causing a problem
It might not be compatible with ur system
Try going back to ur old O/S
if it works fine then it is compatibilty problem

by thorpe322

This laptop meets all of XP's hardware requirements. Also, I used to have Win2K Pro on this laptop and it did the same thing. HP states this laptop is "designed for Win98 and Win2K", so I do believe its something fixable.

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