Re: Hard Drive Failure Reprise

Le 08-12-2024, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> a écrit :

Earlier I reported messages in my kernel log that indicated a possible
failing SATA HDD.

Yes, it was funny.

The messages described a repeated slowing of the SATA HDD transfer
speed from 6 Gb/sec to 3 Gb/sec and then to 1.5 GB/sec.

It's hard to believe you can know that.

Some assholes suggested using smartctl (smartmontools) to diagnose the
problem but any idiot can see that the issue is NOT the HDD but rather the
SATA controller.

It could have been the HDD.

However, upon close inspection, I noticed huge amounts of fine dust
particles that were clogging the cooling vanes of the CPU heat sink.
Using a brush I scrubbed away all the fine dust and ever since I have
not had a recurrence of the problem.
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Apparently, the issue was caused by excessive heating of the CPU.

It's hard to believe. The dust didn't came during the night. And when
the heat is too important, the HDD doesn't slow down, the CPU shuts
down. Not the same symptom, not the same story, I don't believe that.

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