My desktop is freezing randomly multiple times a day. When this happens nothing works. So I enabled the sysrq. When I press REISUB is see Not all CPUs entered broadcast exception handler The next time this happens I will try to take a photo quickly. I don’t have a lot of money right now. Before …

CPU’s rarely go bad. I would use memtest and run a demanding memory test for a good length of time or until you get errors. See if you have a bad memory stick first. If you get any errors then the trick is to figure out which stick is bad. Test each stick adding one at a time. Make sure they are ins…

Let’s not forget that SSD dies unexpectedly and hardcore, especially if it’s cheap. So check: SSD with SMART RAM with memetest In case there’s nothing obvious - try to exclude whatever you can by disconnecting anything except essential components MB + PSU + CPU + 1 stick of RAM + GPU (in c…

I opened my desktop removed the ram stick (I have only 1 ram stick). I cleaned the ram connector. Then placed it back. Then when I booted there was no beep, no display. Only the power indicator was glowing and the CPU and PSU fan was running. Then I removed the CPU heat sink & CPU fan cleaned the cp…

Can I check SMART using CLI ? Never done this before. Can you please tell me the command ? I will search now about how to run memetest.

[image] arch_lover: how to run memetest Love this.

[image] arch_lover: My desktop is freezing randomly multiple times a day. Is this a repeat of the same problem you were having before: [image] Complete freezes .... Serious problem Newbie I have connected my Desktop PC to my LED TV. I stream everything from news to…

No. The there is no considerable HDD activity this time

[image] arch_lover: Can I check SMART using CLI ? Never done this before. Can you please tell me the command ? sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdX (c) https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/S.M.A.R.T .

But it’s the same system that was having problems before, where you were also asked to check the health of the disk but didn’t reply with the information?

Desktop freezing randomly multiple times a day ..... How to know if its the CPU or Motherboard

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware

jonathon April 1, 2022, 2:24pm 7

Is this a repeat of the same problem you were having before: