Hello there,
So, some months ago, I've had a bad surprise: I was out having some snacks, only to return to a bugged out computer with one of my HDDs making a very troubling repetitive noise. Also, when I've rebooted, I somehow discovered that my Linux partition (on another drive - a SSD) somehow got it it's encryption messed up so my password wouldn't work. The HDD - indeed broken - was on warranty and the SSD worked fine with a new OS installation. So that's fine.
However, today, the SSD broke again. I just turned on Linux after a system update, (using an older kernel since the new one seemed to break the wi-fi adapter driver), and tried some simple commands. The shell would return that it couldn't comply since the files were read only. Then it wouldn't open firefox. Then I tried to reset the system by the shell and it wouldn't work (some .target file was as read-only as well), nor would "shutdown now" work. Then I rebooted the computer manually just to find my SSD wasn't working at all.
It seems that something is burning my HDDs. I'm suspicious of my power supply, a Corsair CX600. Is it possible that the motherboard is somehow messing up the HDDs?
Would someone have some advice on my situation? The problem is very obscure. I'd just buy a new, more trustworthy, power supply, but then it may be just a shot in the dark, and I may need to spend yet more money. It also seems very strange that the Linux update could somehow mess the SSD in this way. I was using the old kernel - the one I usually used - when the problem happened. The rest of the computer seems to work just fine (on my Windows partition, on another HDD).
And that's it. Anything would help a lot!
Many thanks!
So, some months ago, I've had a bad surprise: I was out having some snacks, only to return to a bugged out computer with one of my HDDs making a very troubling repetitive noise. Also, when I've rebooted, I somehow discovered that my Linux partition (on another drive - a SSD) somehow got it it's encryption messed up so my password wouldn't work. The HDD - indeed broken - was on warranty and the SSD worked fine with a new OS installation. So that's fine.
However, today, the SSD broke again. I just turned on Linux after a system update, (using an older kernel since the new one seemed to break the wi-fi adapter driver), and tried some simple commands. The shell would return that it couldn't comply since the files were read only. Then it wouldn't open firefox. Then I tried to reset the system by the shell and it wouldn't work (some .target file was as read-only as well), nor would "shutdown now" work. Then I rebooted the computer manually just to find my SSD wasn't working at all.
It seems that something is burning my HDDs. I'm suspicious of my power supply, a Corsair CX600. Is it possible that the motherboard is somehow messing up the HDDs?
Would someone have some advice on my situation? The problem is very obscure. I'd just buy a new, more trustworthy, power supply, but then it may be just a shot in the dark, and I may need to spend yet more money. It also seems very strange that the Linux update could somehow mess the SSD in this way. I was using the old kernel - the one I usually used - when the problem happened. The rest of the computer seems to work just fine (on my Windows partition, on another HDD).
And that's it. Anything would help a lot!
Many thanks!
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