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HDD IO errors, is this definitely a HDD failure or could it be something else? kernel.log
This HDD's history
The hard drive is 1.5TB, 6 years old. IIRC it's 7200RPM with a ATA133 interface, using the motherboard's onboard controller. It gave perfect service in a big desktop PC, then 1 ...
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Eee PC 900 dies quickly regardless of battery
I received an old Eee PC 900. It works fine, except the battery charges and discharges really quickly (under an hour).
I thought this was an issue with the battery, so I bought a new one with about ...
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HP EliteDesk 600 turns of after releasing power on button
I have an EliteDesk 600.
The power switch on the front refuses to stay connected. Depress it and the computer starts; release it and it switches off.
I have replaced the switch and this makes no ...
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Why is my PSU squeeling? Antec EA-500D Earthwatts 500W with Sapphire Radeon HD 7950
I have a rather old computer rig and the fan on my trusty old Zotac GeForce 8800GT broke down. I hacked a 120mm fan onto the GPU heatsink and it is actually cooling enough, but I know that it is not ...
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Computer won't boot if any drive connected to PS (SATA cable not connected) but USB drive okay, GTX 1080 video card okay
Weird problem. Computer is new-ish, been working fine for months. Yesterday afternoon it suddenly died. Try to boot it, the lights in the case light up for 0.1 second and have to power off/power on ...
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Weird buzzing noise coming from the pc (PSU perhaps)
Ok so this is a weird one. I'm used to troubleshooting things like this one myself, but now i'm rather stuck.
Just bought a new PC with RTX 2080 & Ryzen 7 2700X. All good, runs smooth and rather ...
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How can a power supply (PSU) fail to power a motherboard but still test as "OK"?
I'll start by apologizing for asking another question on a topic which obviously pops up over and over and over again. I tried to locate an existing answer matching my situation, but I did not. If you ...
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Laptop stops and starts charging randomly
I have an ASUS laptop and it randomly starts and stops charging without moving the cables. The battery is brand new and seems to be working fine. The DC Adapter is professionally tested and seems to ...
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Supermicro server can't turn on after I disconnect IEC power cord cable without turning off the mains
I did this and after that my server can't turn on. The thing is that I actually turned off the server from Windows before disconnecting the power cable. There's no burnt smell. I tried changing to ...
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Desktop will not boot, not even to the BIOS
My desktop, assembled back in December 2011, specs are:
Gigabyte H61M-S2P-B3 rev1.0
Intel i7 2600 3.4GHz
Kingston DDR3 4GB 1333MHz
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM
Windows 10 x64 Pro updated to ...
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Estimation on power consumption for dram modules on desktop mainboard?
Desktop mainboard is equipped with Crucial, DDR4-2400, PC4-19200 2x16GB, CT2K16G4SFD824A, CL=17, dual Ranked, x8 based, unbuffered, non-ECC, 1.2V, 2048Meg x64bit modules. What is power consumption for ...
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Computer devices randomly get disconnected
I seem to have a strange issue with my PC. The devices which are connected to it are randomly getting disconnected, only to be connected again in like a second.
I typically observe the issue when I ...
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Why does my computer abruptly shut down? PSU is faulty but works well without load [closed]
There are similar questions on this site, some do not have definitive answers while in other cases it was the motherboard that was faulty or overheating issues. In my case it’s the PSU.
The purpose ...
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What is the function/purpose of the pinhole on the battery of a Samsung Series 5 ultrabook?
Some background (not entirely relevent to main question): I can't find my specific model of laptop online but it has all the same specs as this excluding the touchscreen: http://bit.ly/18netZQ
It's a ...
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Can a PSU outage cause a Mechanical Start Failure on a S.M.A.R.T. drive?
Recently, my PSU crunched out on me and I had to replace it. The drive in question was running at the time, and during an attempt at start up afterwards (during which the PSU did not output enough ...
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