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  • Vile LasagnaVileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place
    Sep 21, 2026, 6:38 AM

    All the time coming from the sata interface.

    Grub installed allegedly correctly but first boot couldn't mount stuff? But then it went through on the second try but hung when loading KDE....

    Couldn't get the graphical interface running properly even once.

    As I sit here letting it memtest just to tick the box, I do think there's are two other things to be wary here. The data cable could just be bad (dd was done over USB using an external enclosure) or it could be dust on the mobo header [+1]

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  • Vile LasagnaVileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place
    Sep 21, 2026, 6:42 AM

    There was a lot of it and I didn't have a brush at hand or anything.

    But it's not looking good. I just want the computer to work, y'know. I don't even do weird shit with this one.

    From the NAS' journey of discovery I DO have a spare motherboard but it is mATX instead and the case won't fit it. So testing that is possible but very much a pain. And while I have a spare CPU, that's known bad. REALLY hoping to not have to go down THAT rabbit hole.

    Well, breakfast time I guess

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  • Vile LasagnaVileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place
    Sep 21, 2026, 6:44 AM

    And, hey. 99% of the memtest passed with no errors. Was pretty sure of this one as I think I did this check when the unmounting issue first started (literally overnight). Still, any reassurance is welcome

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  • NaClKnight 🧂⚔️🥊NaClKnight@c.im
    Sep 21, 2026, 7:25 AM

    @VileLasagna At least the GPU is fine?

    I went through something similar a few months back, swapping out MB, CPU, RAM, GPU, and trying RAM slot musical chairs, only to discover that the problem was a failed PSU. It had excellent ratings and pro reviews and came from a respected OEM and died after 2+ years of its 10 year warranty.

    PC diagnostics can be utter hell. Wishing you the best on this one. If it's an X570 MB it should have 2 M.2 slots. I didn't see if you said that your boot sector/read errors persist no matter what slot you use

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  • Vile LasagnaVileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place
    Sep 21, 2026, 8:08 AM

    @NaClKnight Yeah, I remember you going through that nightmare. I think it was somewhat around the time in which I was trying to revive my NAS too.

    I think most X570 mobos have 2 M.2 slots but this one only has the one on account of being a mini-ITX mobo, space is pretty tight.

    And yeah, I think the GPU is fine. Didn't have the same sort of crashes I had with the 5700XT on the other machine which is pretty confirmed to NOT be all right. Would NOT want to imagine having to replace this 6900XT

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