[TriLUG] Hardware stability issues

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

Thank you both, I will try swapping PSUs.

I do have a few PSU testers, but both of them are basically like "does it
turn on or not"?

On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 5:57 PM Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> If not too troublesome, swap PSUs between machines and see if the problem
> "moves."
>
> I bought a PSU tester just to check on various functions. They are pretty
> inexpensive and a must have for the guy who does not have enuf tools.
>
> --
> Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
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> On 10/30/21 5:42 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
> > Dear LUGgers,
> >
> > My children and I have built nearly-identical desktop machines, and only
> > one of them is experiencing seemingly-random hard-locks (requiring
> 4-second
> > power button press to turn off).
> >
> > Both machines are:
> > AMD Ryzen 5 5600G processors with built-in Radeon Graphics
> > MSI B550M-Pro socket AM4 micro-ATX motherboards
> > 32GB Crucial Ballistix RAM
> > Debian 11
> >
> > The only obvious difference is the power supply.  My daughter's computer
> > has an Antec 400W PSU, and my son's has a BFG 550W PSU.  My son's is the
> > one experiencing the hard-locks.
> >
> > I'm currently running a memtest86 on the machine, but in my experience
> it's
> > almost never a RAM or processor problem.
> >
> > Do any of you have a great way of isolating frustrating problems like
> this?
> >
> > I *hate* throwing hardware at a problem trying to troubleshoot.
> >
> > What would your first steps be?  Swap the RAM between the 2 machines?  Is
> > there any reliable way to test PSU voltage stability?
> >
> > Any insight is greatly appreciated!
> >
> > -Wes
>
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