David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
it has started to lock up for short periods
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it isn't a total freeze.
Can't at the moment think where "screen not responding" would be logged.
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on when
the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it isn't a total freeze.
On 24 Sep 2023 at 13:31:24 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:I'd verify all the cooling fans are actually functioning. I had similar lockups and it was a thermal shutdown due to a failing fan as well as
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on when
the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if
everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it isn't a >> total freeze.
I'd be preparing for a storage failure. Are you backed up, ideally in a manner that gives you an easy reinstall+restore path on a new drive?
Cheers - Jaimie
On 9/24/2023 2:05 PM, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 24 Sep 2023 at 13:31:24 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:I'd verify all the cooling fans are actually functioning. I had similar lockups and it was a thermal shutdown due to a failing fan as well as
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on
when the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if
everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it
isn't a total freeze.
I'd be preparing for a storage failure. Are you backed up, ideally in a
manner that gives you an easy reinstall+restore path on a new drive?
Cheers - Jaimie
cooling fins filled with dust.
On 24 Sep 2023 at 13:31:24 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on
when the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if
everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it
isn't a total freeze.
I'd be preparing for a storage failure. Are you backed up, ideally in a manner that gives you an easy reinstall+restore path on a new drive?
Cheers - Jaimie
On 24 Sep 2023 at 13:31:24 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on
when the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if
everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it
isn't a total freeze.
I'd be preparing for a storage failure. Are you backed up, ideally in a manner that gives you an easy reinstall+restore path on a new drive?
Cheers - Jaimie
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:05:39 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 24 Sep 2023 at 13:31:24 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on
when the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if
everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it
isn't a total freeze.
I'd be preparing for a storage failure. Are you backed up, ideally in a
manner that gives you an easy reinstall+restore path on a new drive?
Cheers - Jaimie
Ah!
Acronis Drive Monitor reports Current Pending Sector Count as 488.
This is my old W7 500GB HDD which I left in after cloning to an SSD.
It isn't being actively used so I could just extract it.
IIRC it did this once before, but then miraculously cleared.
It is also showing Reported Uncorrectable Errors 11780 but status of OK!
I must revise my understanding of what a Pending Sector Count is and what
can cause it to appear then disappear.
On 26 Sep 2023 at 13:20:27 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:05:39 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 24 Sep 2023 at 13:31:24 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:21:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
David wrote:
it has started to lock up for short periods
How locked-up is it?
Does it still respond to caps-lock key (by lighting the caps LED)
does it still respond to pings from another machine
does it respond to Ctrl-Alt-Del
Does it respond to power button
Numlock still seems to work.
Alt+Tab doesn't seem to work.
I think Ctrl+Alt+Del can work but then again this would be acted on
when the freeze unfroze.
The main lock up seems to be screen updating - but it isn't clear if
everything else is still working or if everything else is locked.
I feel a "while true" or similar loop coming on to confirm that it
isn't a total freeze.
I'd be preparing for a storage failure. Are you backed up, ideally in
a manner that gives you an easy reinstall+restore path on a new drive?
Cheers - Jaimie
Ah!
Acronis Drive Monitor reports Current Pending Sector Count as 488.
This is my old W7 500GB HDD which I left in after cloning to an SSD.
It isn't being actively used so I could just extract it.
IIRC it did this once before, but then miraculously cleared.
It is also showing Reported Uncorrectable Errors 11780 but status of
OK!
Yeah, it felt like a "trying desperately to write to disk and retrying, eventually timing out" sort of thing, that IO blocking where mouse
clicks process afterwards is familiar.
I must revise my understanding of what a Pending Sector Count is andPending Sector Count is I think 'need to try and copy these sectors to elsewhere then mark them as dead and remove them from the map", so the
what can cause it to appear then disappear.
copy out hasn't happened.
I replace drives on a pending sector or bad sector count of one :)
Ideally as an RMA under mfr warranty, check to see if yours is.
Warranties run anywhere up to five years.
Cheers - Jaimie
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