Questions tagged [diagnostic]
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GRUB: Windows Memory Diagnostic
I've been trying to add the "Windows Memory Diagnostic" utility to my GRUB bootloader. I have not had any luck, though. Every script I've tried writing has resulted in an error message, with ...
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How do I track down what is turning on "Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts"?
This is the setting. This screen is accessed by systempropertiesperformance.exe. This setting needs to be unset for accessability reasons. Every half hour or so, something sets it again. It's not ...
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Trying to diagnose external hard drive malfunction
What's the issue with this Seagate external hard drive:
its activity light stays on after I issue the 'safely remove hardware' command on laptop 1 (before physically removing it from the laptop); ...
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Diagnosing a faulty motherboard
So I picked up a Compaq Presario 2500 laptop at a flea market. After rigging up a power supply (A real nice 20V 180W one. Perfect for the laptop, which calls for ~90W at 19V) and turning it on, to my ...
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WD External Drive Stopped Working - Are there any Non-Destructive Diagnostic Options? What's the Best Course Of Action?
I'm having problems with my Western Digital My Passport 4TB External Drive.
This model, specifically: WDBYFT004BBK-0A
I was in the process of cross-backing-up data between my live setup (laptop), my ...
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Dell Laptop Inspiron Cables - Check the following cable, jumper, connection, polyfuse, or sensor; LCD Cable Error Code 2000-0415 Validation Code 75189
Here is my laptop's System technical details:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name
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How to reset, from another Windows, the Safe/Diagnostic boot parameter set in MSCONFIG?
My Win11 has worked perfectly.
I only wanted to see if an issue I had with another program might be due to installed programs.
The problem is that now, Win11 logon after boot, can't turn on the camera ...
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How to determine proper driver for DELL Latitude?
I have a DELL Latitude notebook with Win10 running on it. OS and drivers have latest version and also the video driver origins from the graphic chhip vendor.
The problem I have with the notebook is ...
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Ethernet connection keeps dropping out
I'm having a problem with my Ethernet connection dropping out. In games like destiny 2 and new world where if your net drops out (even with wifi as backup) you get kicked from the instance, which is ...
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Custom desktop reboots every 4 seconds
Any help would be so appreciated. My son and I recently put together a desktop from parts. Was working amazing for 3 weeks, then suddenly froze for the very first time. Did a hard shutdown, but when ...
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How can I identify what program is showing me a given window or applet?
I am working on a script I can run to debloat various Linux distros to remove unnecessary prepackaged software based on a persons varying use cases. However there are lots of processes, particularly ...
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Can RAID 0 cause significantly more writes on one drive?
I use a Windows 10 laptop with two 1-TB SSDs mounted with RAID 0.
I see in CrystalDiskInfo:
SSD 1
SSD 2
Total Host Reads
8193 GB
8193 GB
Total Host Writes
5295 GB
5383 GB
Total Host Reads is the ...
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SSD S.M.A.R.T. (SMART) 'Soft ECC Correction' attribute high on newish drive - Is this normal?
On a 5-month old SATA SSD, the S.M.A.R.T. (SMART)* 'Soft ECC Correction' attribute's value is already large (58000).
Is this normal?
For reference, the 'Soft ECC Correction' attribute is SMART ...
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Disable bios check
I have a motherboard from a Lenovo (ST50 i think, Xeon cpu), now in use for a gaming computer.
It has some extra non-lenovo memory installed ("unqualified DIMM"), prompting for "press ...
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Can I force Windows 10 to always boot in diagnostic mode?
I'm using an ASUS touch-screen monitor connected to a Windows 10 PC. Everything works, except that, every 1-2 minutes, the touch screen blacks out for about 3 seconds, then comes back. I've spent ...
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