Lenovo Y430 Installed Windows XP, Keeps Hanging

[ponicpool]

Hello,

I have installed Windows XP on my lenovo y430, installed all necessary drivers as well. However it keeps hanging, even Ctl+Alt+Del doesn't help, I need to restart laptop forcefully.

How could I resolve this issue?

Regards

[yigit]

use system restore to restore windows xp to a previous state.

does it work?

[ponicpool]

I had vista installed when I bought, I reformatted and installed Win XP.

Regards

[yigit]

did you try & download drivers from lenovo support page? ( if it's available for xp )

[ponicpool]

I did download all necassary drivers, but Mass Storage Controller and Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus are unknown.

Not sure why laptop hangs at times!

Regards

[yigit]

here the drivers for xp : modem - mass storage controller - hd audio

do not forget to install power management

possible reason is your windows installation may be corrupted. try to make a clean install for windows.

also you're having trouble with windows updates or drivers.

by the way, can you send more information about your laptop or at least model number?

[ponicpool]

Laptop

Lenovo y430

Model Name : 20005

OS: Win XP Professional SP3

Intel Core2 Duo CPU

[yigit]

by the way, can you check system logs for errors? ( on shutting down )

[ponicpool]

I got the following logs

Errors

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\Device\ACPIEC: The embedded controller (EC) hardware didn't respond within the timeout period.  This may indicate an error in the EC hardware or firmware, or possibly a poorly designed BIOS which accesses the EC in an unsafe manner.  The EC driver will retry the failed transaction if possible.

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The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{A4199E55-EBB9-49E5-AF1A-7A5408B2E206}
 to the user NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE SID (S-1-5-20).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

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Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet: This driver does not support this device.  Upgrade to the latest driver.

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Warnings

The description for Event ID ( 4 ) in Source ( b57w2k ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: , Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet.

[yigit · Accepted solution]

update power management and ethernet

( for updating power management, un-install it, restart your computer and install it )