Random Freezups

My laptop is sick. Very sick. For the past few months, sometimes when I move it or bump it, the screen goes black and the sound skips. Then sometimes, when I try to turn it back on, nothing happens. It’s a problem that until the weekend, was easily avoidable and a livable nuisance. In an attempt to fix the problem, I reseated both my harddrive and ram. Shortly after that, I began having freezups when it was sitting on my table. Getting quickly VERY frustrated, I gave my laptop a few swift hits on the side, which seems to actually fixed the problem. Since my “fix”, I’ve had one freezup. I’ve done some reading, and one other persons says they have a faulty ram slot. In a few months, I’m going to try putting in new (and more) ram, and hopefully not as cheap as the replacement ram that’s in there now. If I still have problems, my laptop is still under warranty (which is now 2 and a half years old). My only problem is if I get a replacement laptop, is if it’s as compatible with Linux as my current one is. I’m very happy with the hardware currently in my laptop, and I’d be afraid to lose that compatibility.

Update: It seems that my second stick of ram is not being recognized at all, but I haven’t tried to fix it yet. Hopefully I can, sometimes I really need the extra memory.