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Is this Samsung P459 or P458 with a Core 2 CPU making the phone stop and restart?

Is this Samsung P459 or P458 with a Core 2 CPU making the phone stop and restart?

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WikiliZ
Member
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09-09-2026, 04:30 PM
#1
Here are the details about this laptop: The model is Samsung NP-P459L/P459-DS01CN. The motherboard has been changed and now shows up as R458 or R457 when it checks itself. The processor is Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 spinning at 2.0 GHz, and the memory is Elpida DDR2-667 with 2GB of RAM running in two slots. The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS.

The problem description says this computer keeps crashing when it runs specific x86-64 software from computers that use a different CPU style than the ones installed here. Because the system crashes before it can stop, there are no error messages to help find out what went wrong. The following programs are known to cause these crashes: 1. They reset things for Windows 10; for NVIDIA drivers on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 (but note that the operating systems don't crash unless they also run those driver problems); and fairly recent versions of Linux kernels like Arch Linux have seen this too. 2. A feature called 'Unregistered Exception Handler' triggers when running Windows Memory Diagnostic; some other software makes the screen freeze completely while it is turned off.

Some notes say: This machine runs Windows 10, but in 32-bit mode. If you change the main operating system file to handle this problem and then try to boot again, a crash on start called BSoD will happen because of code named VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE inside nvlddmkm.sys. Interestingly, running Debian 11 for an i386 computer using kernel packages from version 4.19 in the Debian 10 repos with NVIDIA drivers won't cause this issue even if PAE is on. This computer does have UEFI or GPT support but it's pretty weak (for example, no screen graphics and the text console isn't working well). The system has the newest firmware version 16NB installed. Sadly, this laptop has been forgotten for a long time and there are no useful old details left except that only 32-bit programs work fine with it originally. In Debian using an i386 CPU, you can correctly see the 'lm' flag on the processor.
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WikiliZ
09-09-2026, 04:30 PM #1

Here are the details about this laptop: The model is Samsung NP-P459L/P459-DS01CN. The motherboard has been changed and now shows up as R458 or R457 when it checks itself. The processor is Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 spinning at 2.0 GHz, and the memory is Elpida DDR2-667 with 2GB of RAM running in two slots. The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS.

The problem description says this computer keeps crashing when it runs specific x86-64 software from computers that use a different CPU style than the ones installed here. Because the system crashes before it can stop, there are no error messages to help find out what went wrong. The following programs are known to cause these crashes: 1. They reset things for Windows 10; for NVIDIA drivers on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 (but note that the operating systems don't crash unless they also run those driver problems); and fairly recent versions of Linux kernels like Arch Linux have seen this too. 2. A feature called 'Unregistered Exception Handler' triggers when running Windows Memory Diagnostic; some other software makes the screen freeze completely while it is turned off.

Some notes say: This machine runs Windows 10, but in 32-bit mode. If you change the main operating system file to handle this problem and then try to boot again, a crash on start called BSoD will happen because of code named VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE inside nvlddmkm.sys. Interestingly, running Debian 11 for an i386 computer using kernel packages from version 4.19 in the Debian 10 repos with NVIDIA drivers won't cause this issue even if PAE is on. This computer does have UEFI or GPT support but it's pretty weak (for example, no screen graphics and the text console isn't working well). The system has the newest firmware version 16NB installed. Sadly, this laptop has been forgotten for a long time and there are no useful old details left except that only 32-bit programs work fine with it originally. In Debian using an i386 CPU, you can correctly see the 'lm' flag on the processor.

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Red_Kight
Junior Member
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09-10-2026, 12:11 AM
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You can't just throw any case on a laptop; they have their own special design. If you try to force something wrong into it, things will go wrong and that's the only way this can happen.
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Red_Kight
09-10-2026, 12:11 AM #2

You can't just throw any case on a laptop; they have their own special design. If you try to force something wrong into it, things will go wrong and that's the only way this can happen.

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X_FastGamer
Member
159
09-10-2026, 12:52 AM
#3
I suggest using Windows 7 64-bit, better if it's a Home Edition. You should get the newest drivers from the Samsung website by looking up your exact model. Also, check your memory with Memtest86.com to make sure there are no errors. Then verify the hard drive using HD Sentinel at hdsentinel.com. Make sure everything is clean and you've changed the thermal paste before testing it out.
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X_FastGamer
09-10-2026, 12:52 AM #3

I suggest using Windows 7 64-bit, better if it's a Home Edition. You should get the newest drivers from the Samsung website by looking up your exact model. Also, check your memory with Memtest86.com to make sure there are no errors. Then verify the hard drive using HD Sentinel at hdsentinel.com. Make sure everything is clean and you've changed the thermal paste before testing it out.