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IBM Desktop ThinkPad P4.  Good for 1 year.  Started to have sudden system hang irregularly and no video.  Need to power-off to get it back.  Once every few days initially.  Now several times in 1 hour.

TRIED a hardware diagnostic programme (BurnInTest), which tests for DIFFERENT hardware components individually or simultaneously.  When I tested everything TOGETHER (CPU, RAM, DVD-RW, 2-D graphic, sound, harddisk, network) the hang consistently appeared at AROUND 45 seconds to 1 minute.  If I tested the last 4 components simultaneously, the hang would appear much later (3-4 minutes).  If I tested the first three components together, the hang would appear SOONER (around 1 min).  No consistent result if I tested the components individually.  Seems that if I stressed the system hard, the hang would appear sooner.  

What possibly could be wrong?  A defect somewhere in the CPU?

TIA for advice.

San


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