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On 5/12/21 10:35 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> May be off topic. I've been experiencing approximately monthly hard |
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> lockups on my machine. Dell Inspiron 3252 Shipped Feb 19th, 2016. Atom |
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> based machine with 8 gigs of ram. |
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> gcc -c -Q -march=native --help=target | grep march= |
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> ...tells me it's a "silvermont". I'm running bog standard 64-bit |
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> no-multilib Gentoo, a bit on the lean side. By "hard lockup" I mean... |
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> |
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> * {CTRL}{ALT}{DEL} won't reboot |
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> * Magic SysRq won't reboot |
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> * The Power button powers down, but is unable to reboot (there's a light |
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> inside the case that stays on) |
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Is that a short press or long press (at least six seconds?) on the power |
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button. Short push should send the power down signal to the OS, but |
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long push should actually cut power. |
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> * I have to flip off the power bar, wait, flip power bar back on, and |
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> press the power button |
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> Are there any utilities I can use to possibly diagnose the problem? |
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> Let's just say, I'm now somewhat fanatical about backups every couple of |
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> days. |
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