Q4OS keeps restarting and freezing for no reason on Dell Latitude D630

munitionne · 2025-01-05 13:53

Hello,

I've recently installed Q4OS on my Dell Latitude D630 from 2011 (L05634 probably), not the 2007 version, and installed the full pack, that has Chromium, Thunderbird, and all that crap. Well, I noticed that it keeps freezing and turning into a black screen, and also restarting for no reason. I have an SSD in the Dell Latitude D630.

I don't know what to do

Regards
- Munitionne

hchiper · 2025-01-05 17:45

Since your Dell has a Core 2 Duo processor T7800, which is 64-bit, you can try to boot from a live image (Plasma or Trinity) and see if the same happens (if everything is fine, maybe there was a problem during installation).

Did your system run normally before Q4OS install (Windows 7?) and did you run it recently? Otherwise there may be a hardware issue.

Does it freeze, show black screen and restart as soon as it has booted? Or are you able to log-in with your user account and to work for a while? In this case you could provide some more informations as described here.

Last edited by hchiper (2025-01-05 17:48)

munitionne · 2025-01-06 10:27

My system did run perfectly fine on Windows 7. It does freeze, show black, but sometimes it let's me use my system for like 30 seconds until it freezes, shows black, and restarts. I am able to log-in, and around 1 or 2 minutes in, and then it goes freeze, show black, but sometimes it let's me use my system for like 30 seconds until it freezes, shows black, and restarts.

hchiper · 2025-01-06 13:24

which install image did you use?
Did you download it from a link on the Q4OS download web page?
Did you check the md5 sums and/or sha256 sums on the install medium? (I think there must be a README file there that explains how to make the verifications.)
Did you get any warning during installation?
What does happen if you boot from a live TDE (Trinity) image (see my first response)?
How much RAM is there in your Dell? If you have 1GB and if you used the Plasma version, I think the problem is there; use TDE instead.

crosscourt · 2025-01-06 22:37

Does your Dell D630 have Nvidia graphics? This was an issue that came and went in the old days as various distro versions released. Could be a driver issue and an older version may be needed.

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#1 2025-01-05 13:53

Q4OS keeps restarting and freezing for no reason on Dell Latitude D630

#2 2025-01-05 17:45

Re: Q4OS keeps restarting and freezing for no reason on Dell Latitude D630

#3 2025-01-06 10:27

Re: Q4OS keeps restarting and freezing for no reason on Dell Latitude D630

#4 2025-01-06 13:24

Re: Q4OS keeps restarting and freezing for no reason on Dell Latitude D630

#5 2025-01-06 22:37

Re: Q4OS keeps restarting and freezing for no reason on Dell Latitude D630

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