Questions tagged [hardware-failure]
Hardware failure refers to the act of a piece of physical hardware failing to meet its designed standards during operation.
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What does "spare capacity available: 99%" mean in a disk report?
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What does "spare capacity available: 99%" mean in a disk report?
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I took RAM and CPU out and placed them back in, now the PC is not showing display but powers on [closed]
My CPU is the Ryzen 3 2200g And my RAM is 2x4GB 3000mhz.
I took both of them out to take pictures to sell them, and when I put them back in the motherboard it does not show display, but it does power ...
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Internal Compiler Error: Segmentation Fault
I am getting the following error every time I try to build or make a package:
In file included from /usr/include/gz/math7/gz/math/AxisAlignedBox.hh:25,
from /home/jjayalekshmi/gz-...
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RAM upgrade issues on Kali machine [closed]
I have a dell Inspiron 1470 that I installed Kali Linux on. I purchased compatible RAM sticks to upgrade this computer's memory, but when I installed them my computer doesn't turn on.
I have tried ...
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Wifi fails with CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED after several days
I have a computer that's set up as a server on my home wifi network running linux. I can connect it to the Wifi but it will disconnect after several days of operation and journalctl fills up with ...
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Output disparity on Chkdsk and Drive Properties
I recently noticed that one of my drives is having issues and I suspect it may be failing. Apps on this drive are slow to load (sometimes wont load at all and freeze), and any game that is on this ...
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How to interpret SMART Reallocated Sectors Count (WD Elements)
Update, 23 later: the drive failed, most data can't be read, even though the SMART values did not deteriorate a lot. I wanted to replace it in two weeks, since I was busy. Don't fall into a "this ...
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Windows 11 PC randomly freezes, screen goes blank and fans go full throttle
So a couple of months ago I assembled a custom PC for my wife, focused on 3D Modeling and Rendering. The specs are as follows:
Intel Core i9 14900KF
Asus ProArt Z790-Creator WiFi Motherboard
Asus ...
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MSI laptop started stinking
My MSI MS-16P7 gaming laptop from 2018 started reeking of cigarettes weeks after upgrading it from 16 to 64 GB RAM, 256 GB to 1TB NVME, and 1TB HDD to 2TB SSD. I notice there are brown patches on the ...
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Power button does nothing, I/O led (hdd activity lamp) turns on instantly after plugging in
it's an HP Z240, was all fine until it refused to boot up (GPU-Issue diagnostic beeps) after disabling legacy support (to enable secureboot); didn't have any uefi gpu (CPU's a xeon, no igpu.) so I ...
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Random hardware freezes / shutdowns
I recently acquired a second hand desktop. I installed a Debian Bookworm on it.
I'm getting two kinds of random hardware issues:
freeze (no ping, no SSH, no Magic SysRq keys)
shutdown or reboot
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SSD Keeps Disconnected (Kingston KC3000)
I have a Kingston KC3000 2TB SSD.
The model number is skc3000d2048g.
This drive was fine for 2 years. The Kingston software says the drive is fine.
However, quite frequently, the drive starts behaving ...
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Dell Inspiron 15 3537 not booting just beeps
I was using my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 3537) then a virus hit my device and the screen froze. When I restarted the device it didn't even show Dell logo, it just kept beeping, a single beep, but ...
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How to verify that the touchpad is physically connected
I need help troubleshooting the Synaptics touchpad on my HP Probook 4540s running Windows 10. First and foremost, how can I verify, by software or hardware (in that
order of preference), that the ...
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Computer constantly freezing, shutting off, boot looping, etc
It comes and goes, occasionally I'll go a month or two without any issue.
There were no hardware changes that first started this happening, my computer just began freezing completely independent of ...
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