Questions tagged [diagnostic]
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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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How to start Epsa Diagnostics for a Windows 10 based Dell Laptop?
I'm having trouble with some hardware due to which I am trying to start the Epsa diagnostics which is usually accessed from tapping the F12 key at the time of Boot at the dell Logo.But now after the ...
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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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Windows freezes for good. Need help diagnosing
My PC sometimes randomly freezes (for good. restart always needed to use pc again). I don't know how to diagnose the problem.
The screen freezes and then you can't do anything. Sometimes it freezes ...
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HDD physical health check utility in OS X?
Is there a way in OS X to check the the physical health of a HDD;
e.g., if it's been dropped or is displaying signs of wear and tear?
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How to get results from Memory Diagnostics Tool?
I ran the Memory Diagnostics Tool in Windows 7 64 bit. I have 16G RAM. It reported hardware problems. This is a new system with new memory. When the system rebooted I was expecting an icon in the task ...
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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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Windows 10 stuck in diagnostics loop
Laptop : Sony vaio Model number : SVF152125NB Running O.S : dual boot (Windows 10 and Ubuntu)
After the last update (probably at June 2018, I don't remember the exact update name/ID) from Windows, my ...
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Is it possible to check an external USB Drive health (SMART)? [closed]
Is it possible to check an external USB Drive health (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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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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What is a ‘Compaq diagnostic partition’ doing in my Lenovo laptop?
I have a very new Lenovo notebook and I don't see a Compaq logo or anything else on it anywhere.
However, one disk partitioning software I used claims to see a ‘Compaq diagnostic partition’ on my disk....
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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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What can I do if my dasKeyboard has dead keys?
I have an out-of-warranty dasKeyboard Professional (with Cherry MX Blue key switches). I acquired this keyboard as a new replacement in a warranty keyboard swap. Their warranty service is very slow ...
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What does the health status percentage represent in CrystalDiskInfo?
I wonder what the health status percentage represents in CrystalDiskInfo:
100%:
99%:
91%:
Absent:
I use CrystalDiskInfo on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.
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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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Random crashes to black screen after replacing GPU
After replacing the GPU to a newer model, I started experiencing seemingly random PC crashes to black screen. I've never experienced an issue like this before and I have no idea what part might be at ...
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Motherboard temperature reaches 124° C?
This is a brand new PC build (only a few days old.) There are plenty of fans in the case, but after a few hours of playing Skyrim, this is what Speccy reports:
My usual motherboard idle temperature ...
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What can explain a large usage of shareable memory on Windows?
I notice that 6.5 GB of my RAM is used as "shareable" memory. What can explain such a large usage?
I tried to list processes by size if shareable memory in the Resource Monitor, but I don't see ...
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Is there something like a "mile count" for HDDs/SSDs?
All my internal disks (3 SSDs and 1 HDD) are aging. My external USB ones (used for a complex backup scheme) are even older.
Through built-in Windows command-line mechanisms, I am able to extract an &...
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Debugging a laptop that won't turn on
When laptop won't turn on, how do I figure out which of these issues might it be?
Power Button
The AC plug
The Motherboard
Are there some tools or ways to debug and narrow down the cause. And how ...
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How to find out what is running on localhost port
I have something running at port 9090 on my local machine.
It's probably something I set up long ago and forgot about... how can I find out what it is?
I am using Windows 8.
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Any way to detect what is disabling the screensaver?
Is there any Windows application out there that will determine what process is preventing the screen saver from becoming active?
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Poor performance with large .txt
Is there an inherent bug in the design of .txt that signficant performance drops can be experienced when working with relatively large files? Working with a file of over a million characters on ...
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Diagnosing an unresponsive/suspending computer
My work computer has recently started freezing up. I'll leave it running and at some point I cannot SSH to it any more and when I check on it in person, it looks much like it went to sleep (the ...
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Diagnostic procedures for fallen laptop
My laptop fell on the ground. I turned it on, nothing seems to be wrong. Going through Google search, many sites suggested looking for black spots on the screen or clicking sounds from the hard drive. ...
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Hardware Diagnostic Windows10 (System crashes / Black screen)
I very often have freezes of my Windows10 Computer, especially under heavy load (mostly in games).
Symptoms: Black screen and sound repeating infintely. No more reaction on any key. Otherwise my PC ...
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iPhone log reader [closed]
I went to the apple store today to discuss a problem with my iPhone battery, and they plugged it into one of their macs and used an application that interpreted the logs stored on my phone.
So, my ...
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Computer Stuck in Cold-Boot Double-POST Loop
Update 4: It appears as though my CPU isn't compatible with the backup BIOS, so this might explain why nothing appears on screen (https://www.gigabyte.com/Ajax/SupportFunction/Getcpulist?Type=Product&...
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What are some recommended steps to diagnosing UI latency issues in macOS?
I'm new to macOS and wondering the proper way to troubleshoot what might cause UI latency, such as the Emoji/Symbol tool provided in macOS Use Emoji and Symbols on Mac. This is accessed typically by ...
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Possibly broken switch ports, how to diagnose?
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We have some weird behaviour in our home network. Some connections established seem to be rather unstable, but we still don't know, if the DSL-router or other components are the culprit.
To ...
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Why is my Sony Vaio laptop randomly turning off?
These are the things I am seeing now.
Sometimes, my computer turns on and can run for as long as a few days without ever the need for a restart or anything for that matter.
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Boot loop. Safe-mode stuck at fvevol.sys
One day, after creating a Linux bootable USB, I noticed that at start up I got an error message from avastui.exe "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005) Click Ok to close the ...
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low level diagnostics for audio
My laptop's internal speaker has stopped playing sound. I have no problem with audio over bluetooth.
Other than reinstalling sound drivers (which I've done), is there any diagnostic tool that I can ...
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Will the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool for Windows 7 check all available RAM or only the first 4GB?
According to this article:
https://www.lifewire.com/windows-memory-diagnostic-review-2626154
The Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool for Windows 7 only scans the first 4GB of RAM for errors. This Super ...
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Diagnosing a Windows super-hang/freeze 😕
Around fall of 2019, I started experiencing a problem whereby Windows would occasional hang/freeze very hard. So hard in fact, that even the low-level crash-on-control function doesn't work! That is, ...
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Windows 10 laptop no longer hibernating when turning back on after transporting
My HP ProBook 430 (SSD-only, 8GB RAM) is running Win10 v1903 [b10.0.18362.900], and when I turn it back on after hibernation, it's no longer hibernating, with all open windows gone.
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Upgraded PSU x1.25 and still getting power off at maximum load
Some tasks that involve serious number crunching CPU+GPU or gaming in VR cause my computer to just shutdown abruptly. So i had to live with CPU load bound to 80%. That solved the problem but of course ...
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Windows 8 Hardware Diagnostics
I have a new high spec. Windows 8 Pro work station that has now BSOD three times in 5 days due to NTFS problems. Is there a tool I can leave running after work that try to determine the root cause of ...
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Remote Desktop Client connection - can connect via cellphone, cannot via landline + router ASUS + public, static IP
I want to connect from home to office Windows Server using the Remote Desktop Connection (Microsoft) client. The server's RDP port is non standard one - my admin claims that opening a standard port of ...
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Diagnosing server-side ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERRORs
I'm copying my website's production environment to local development, and getting "ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR". All the debugging advice I'm digging up assumes the website is flawless, and the problem is ...
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Read/WRITE/Verify disk diagnostic tool for Mac OS X?
It seems that there are many tools out there for Mac OS X that test a hard drive for bad blocks by doing a Read/Verify pass. That is, they read a block, then read it a second time, and verify that ...
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Many BSODs - where to look for the explanation?
I have recently been getting a lot of blue screens of death with various errors (see this for a crash report created with the WhoCrashed software). The many MEMORY_MANAGEMENT errors made me think it ...
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Laptop Lenovo G560 beeping
My laptop Lenovo G560 makes these strange beeps. I recorded it.
It looks like it comes from this side of laptop
The beeping stops when I press Fn+F1
Do you know what causes it and how to fix it?
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How to disable computer (laptop, desktop, thin client) without damaging it? [closed]
I need to seriously train my people on computer hardware diagnosis. To that end i need to have several computers - laptops, desktops, thin clients, AIOs - that appear to be damaged and/or faulty.
So, ...
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