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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Is this clip repairable?
On my Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master I noticed that the clamp of the PCIex 5.0 16x connector seems damaged:
Is it repairable?
I'm afraid it can lead to wrong contact of the graphic board.
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Left Ctrl releases when I hold it and press Z (QWERTZ keyboard)
I have this issue on a new Katana GF66 12UCO, Windows 11 Home. Firstly, let me describe the issue as I have experienced it in practice. When editing text, I sometimes had a need for multiple undos, so ...
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How should I proceed with this system/disk issue after a successful DISM restore operation?
The issue at hand is a system/disk issue and I so far I have completed a successful DISM restore operation. In line with Destroy666's recommendations in the comments below, I will continue with sfc, ...
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Does SSD have a better workload limit than HDD if use it for read only?
I recently came into an issue of storage a 5 TB database, where the database is expected to be read rather frequently(with all its data). Thus the workload limit of a HDD came into play.
The standard ...
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Random PC lockups - What else can I try?
I have an Asus ROG G20BM which is about 5 years old. When its running its a decent PC so I am reluctant to replace it but I have a really odd random freezing issue which I have tried everything for.
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Data Errors on Bits or Blocks
I am storing data on HDDs and SSDs and I'm worried about data corruption. Does the data ever have single bit errors, or is it always entire blocks that do not read correctly? I believe there is some ...
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Mouse disconnects when I flick at high speed
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I use a zowie EC2-A mouse to play fps games.
I'm using a custom built PC running windows 10.
I've been noticing recently that when I flick the mouse quickly to the right or left that it will ...
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Cannot fix mouse double-click issue on Windows 11
I have suffered from double clicking problem on most of single click on Windows 11 and tried to solve the problem by applying the following steps:
I have encountered this problem for my 2 different ...
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lenovo thinkpad t450s hardware (screen and performance) issue
I have an issue with Lenovo t450s laptop, and I'll describe it next.
Under Windows 10 (booted from SSD) I have image flickering near animated and moving objects. I can barely load any application due ...
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Two harddrives fails in just one year
Last year one of my hard drives failed (it was quite old, more than 3 years of extensive usage), so I replaced that one with another one, but now that one also has failed.
Is it just an coincidence or ...
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Possible faulty PSU?
I had power ran out on me on Sunday while the PC was on and since the the OS (Windows 10) kept losing power as soon as I put stress on it. Not shutting down, losing power and then rebooting. I looked ...
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Wifi low dbm on Linux & Windows, but not driver or adapter
Low WiFi dbm on Windows and Linux, but new adapter doesn't fix the problem.
I recently brought my laptop into the shop to replace the power connection. When it came back, I ran the recommended ...
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Screen blank after upgrading to 22.04, no bios information
I have recently upgraded from Lubuntu 20.04. to 22.04. The problem is that now when I start the PC, I get blank screen. The system was working well, and then I had a kernel update. I would do the ...
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Random crashes on Windows PC - ID 6008 unexpected error
The problem:
My custom PC build(full details below) has started randomly crashing in the last couple of months.
Crashes are seemingly random, sometimes when the PC is completely idle, sometimes when ...
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Laptop boots only after a couple of tries?
My windows laptop can boot only after a few tries, before that it either gets stuck on the logo or just a black screen. Also, camera light starts blinking when booting up, and it never did that. I ...
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Random black screen with nvidia gpu on laptop
I have an older laptop, which randomly gets a black screen during gaming, where the audio still plays, or is caught in a ~1-2 loop.
Acer Aspire 5920G
Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2 GHz
Geforce 8600m GT ...
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How to fix broken CMOS after pc battery replace
I recently changed my PC's battery (not the CMOS' battery, the PC's main battery). After that, whenever I boot my PC I get the "Invalid CMOS checksum" error. Therefore, the BIOS settings ...
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Why does my 'a' key work after startup and then a number of presses later stop working unless pressed with another key?
I have an asus rog laptop. After a significant period of use, the built in keyboard has developed a fault. The 'a' key works for a period (maybe 100 or so presses?) after the computer is restarted, ...
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Fix dead USB ports/Bluetooth without shutting down PC
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Linux Mint, 24/7 operation
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Manifests after a couple of days of operation.
Lower USB ports stop transferring data. Power still works, but weakly.
USB on the motherboard is affected, ...
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PC shutdown suddenly and idk the cause
I have a desktop PC I bought 10 years ago and I use it as a "server", so it's always on.
It started to suddenly shutdown few months ago, after few days or weeks being on (last time I powered ...
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How is my new PC making webcam video grainy?
I recently built a new PC. It is running Windows 11. I had everything working great, including the webcam. Last night I swapped my HDMI cables for DP cables. No problems. But then I checked my ...
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How to detect what causes "half-dead" Seagate internal HDD?
I had been using a Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB HDD for nearly 10 years now. But now it is "half-dead". I had windows 10 on it. It all started one day my PC did not boot up. I thought ...
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HP Laptop Fan bursts and then stops, trying to start but immediately puffing to an end
I have a hp pavillion dv6-7063sa bought in 2012 running windows 10 professional, so quite old now but running on an SSD so I get by.
I've recently had an issue where the fan spins to max speed after a ...
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USB device over current status detected [closed]
I got a new pc last year and not playing games it works fine but after playing for example gta v it shuts off with the error message USB device over current status detected and i need to wait a while ...
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Incompatibility of Kingston Fury 32 GiB with Dell XPS 15 9570?
Is the Kingston Fury 32 GiB RAM in 2 chips (for a dual-channel configuration), DDR4, 2666 MT/s, CL 15 — 17 — 17, 1,2 V, PnP, producer's ID: KF426S15IB1K2/32 compatible with a Dell XPS 15 9570 laptop?
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Both internal HDD & SSD suddenly drastically slow
I recently installed a new SSD and used Partition Wizard to move everything over from my old HDD to my new SSD. I then stopped using my HDD and everything was working completely fine.
Then suddenly, ...
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My computer crashes at random due to, WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (124). i'm unable to identify what exactly is the cause
My PC will blue or black screen at random, especially when playing a game, some games cause the BSOD quicker than others.
I recently upgraded my CPU, GPU and ram. I have ran memory tests for the ram ...
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Can I replace the larger fan in My Zotac NEN Steam Machine (ZBOX SN970)?
Context: I used to build/upgrade my own desktop computers, so I'm fairly comfortable inside a case, but haven't worked in a pre-built "mini" computer before.
I have an old Zotac NEN Steam ...
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Saving the data
If this is not the correct forum for this hardware question, and I suspect it's not, I would appreciate a pointer to the proper forum.
My laptop computer has convincingly died. "Dead and rotted!,&...
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Understanding MCE errors on Linux
I got an MCE hardware error on Linux. I used rasdaemon to log all errors. Here is what ras-mc-ctl --errors prints me
41 2023-01-03 10:50:51 +0100 error: Corrected error, no action required., CPU 2, ...
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Multiple different Bluescreen every other day (driver and hardware errors)
The computer that I recently bought keeps getting a blue screen every other day. I installed the MSI-Afterburn software and uploaded last blue screen log . image and link of hml is attached.
Can any ...
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new PSU causes issues to keyboard
A year ago, I replaced the old PSU that burned out with a new one, but this one and even though everything works fine, the keyboard doesn't write well. For example, when I press the letter "a&...
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My GPU Skip frame with black one or glitching i can't name that?
for a while. I struggle with. Glitching on my monitors. I have three monitors. To run with a DisplayPort cable and one with an HDMI cable.
When I enter a program that. GPU a little while it starts to ...
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My touch screen and digitizer pen both snap to grid points in parts of the screen. Could it be a driver issue or is the hardware broken?
My Asus Zenbook Pro Duo main touch display is behaving very strangely. In the bottom right and left corners, touch and digitizer pen both work as expected, but in most of the screen, the cursor 'snaps'...
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PSU dead after installing GPU
I am not completely sure what happened here so I am looking for advice.
I built a mid sized ATX case PC a couple years ago, and ended up with the Ares Gaming 650w bronze power supply and no external ...
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USB KVM corrupting page files?
I have three computers hooked up to a 4-way USB KVM switch - two Windows laptops and a Mac tower. One of the laptops has periodically experienced a bluescreen with a FAULTY_HARDWARE_CORRUPTED_PAGE ...
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How to make best use of only good sectors/partitions on a semi-faulty HDD?
Some time ago, I've been given a Toshiba 1TB external USB drive for free.
The reason for this giveaway was that the drive allegedly stops copying/reading at random and is therefore too faulty to use. ...
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One slot keeps failing in a RAID-6 array, before and after RAID card swap: does the backplane have to be replaced?
We have a 12 drive Supermicro 12U server SYS-6029P- WTRT with X11DDW-NT motherboard that was upgraded to a 7332895-LSI-MR-9361-16i RAID card so it could go from 8 to 12 SAS disks.
The drive in slot 3 ...
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How should I interpret this "Bad disk" report by CrystalDiskInfo?
Today, I have gone through the process of individually plugging in all my ten current backup disks and checked them with CrystalDiskInfo 8.17.8 x64 in order to determine whether I dare to keep using ...
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Display screen on Lenovo Yoga 510 laptop randomly powers off
Helping a friend.
The laptop screen on Lenovo Yoga 510 goes blank randomly. The light by the power socket and the light by the power switch remain lit. Battery at about 80% charge. The machine does ...
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Can faulty motherboard cause these absurdly high Read/Seek error rates?
I have two similar Seagate HDDs used in a laptop. The laptop suffered from various problems caused by faulty motherboard. Now, I need to use one of these for temporary storage and both of these drives ...
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SQUASHFS errors when installing Ubuntu (only on certain USB ports)
I am receiving multiple SQUASHFS errors when installing Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 when using the front-side USB ports of my new PC. (Same errors as described here)
However, using a rear-side USB port (on ...
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I accidentally inserted RAM while PC was booting up! Worst case scenario?
I'm afraid I have made a grave mistake. I was just finishing up my new PC build with some pretty pricey components when I had made a simple, yet gut-wrenching mistake. I was under the presumption that ...
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Integrated webcam displays small black dots on dark areas
I just bought a new (used) laptop, and I'm having issues with the image produced by the integrated webcam.
The laptop model is a Dell XPS 15 7590
As you can see in the image below, the dark areas of ...
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If both USB memsticks and SSD disks use the same technology, why does only the latter "forget" data?
I recently learned (or was tricked into believing) that SSD disks actually forget all their data on them if left unpowered for just a year.
Assuming that this is true, and I've spent more than enough ...
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Do USB sticks and memory cards forget their data if left without power, just like SSDs? [duplicate]
I recently learned that SSDs actually forget data if left unpowered for like a year. This was shocking news to me.
But then I started thinking, and realized that while all my offline backup disks are ...
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Dell 34" curved monitor cracked and displays lines
I've been using this screen for a few years now and it got hit and cracked and started showing lines.
It's a Dell U3415Wb 34" curved monitor.
Is there a DIY way of fixing it?
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What could couse my laptop to turn on (boot splash included) only after ~20-30 minutes?
I have a Dell laptop where I first installed Linux (ubuntu) and then, on a separate partition, Windows.
Now it starts Windows but after like 20 minutes or so.
When I press the on button it does just ...
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Do SSD disks actually require regular power lest they "forget" their data? [duplicate]
Came across this today: https://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22055773&cid=62881673
How long will current SSDs retain the data without being attached to power? I've had experiences in the ...
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Multiple Keys across the keyboard stop working at the same time
First of all, I'm not sure if the question fits in here. If not please suggest a better place and I will move my question there.
About my problem: I have a gaming laptop and I often use the keyboard ...
