Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle
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Thus far, I haven't had the system 'power cycles' I was having previously. But I wonder if it is OS related or SSD/HDD related.
As I wasn't able to dual boot the SSD, I picked up a 1TB WD drive, Cloned(zilla) the SSD to the WD HDD and went on to finish installing / dual booting Korora on my Win10 system.
Since going to the WD HDD (spinning rust) I have yet to experience the System reboots or 'power cycles'
Is it possible that the SSD is failing and thus calling the reboots - which appear as a power cycle?
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Possibly? Sure it is possible. Not super likely, but possible.
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Why dual boot? why not VM?
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@dashrender said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
Why dual boot? why not VM?
I have VMs, but wanted to run Korora as my Main OS (kernel).
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@gjacobse said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
st) I have yet to experience the System reboots or 'power cycles'
Is it possible that the SSD is failing and thus calling the reboots - which appear as a power cycle?I have only seen this issues with older SSDs and systems and most likely caused by the OS crashing.
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@dbeato said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
@gjacobse said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
st) I have yet to experience the System reboots or 'power cycles'
Is it possible that the SSD is failing and thus calling the reboots - which appear as a power cycle?I have only seen this issues with older SSDs and systems and most likely caused by the OS crashing.
This SSD is only about two years old (or so).. As for the OS crashing ... I cloned the SSD to the HDD and haven't had a single issue as of yet. Guess will have to see how things go over the next two weeks on Win10...
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Well - Since it just rebooted with spinning rust... it's not the SSD.
Oh well.. Maybe a USB issue,.. Mobo, PSU.. who knows.
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I guess it's time to start troubleshooting the "real" problem, LOL.
Does it always happen at the same time?
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@brrabill said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
I guess it's time to start troubleshooting the "real" problem, LOL.
Does it always happen at the same time?
Nope.. random as random gets.
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@gjacobse said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
@brrabill said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
I guess it's time to start troubleshooting the "real" problem, LOL.
Does it always happen at the same time?
Nope.. random as random gets.
Nothing in Event Viewer?
I had an issue like this with a server once. Turned out to be a printer driver of all things.
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@brrabill said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
@gjacobse said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
@brrabill said in Speculative Theory: SSD causes System power cycle:
I guess it's time to start troubleshooting the "real" problem, LOL.
Does it always happen at the same time?
Nope.. random as random gets.
Nothing in Event Viewer?
I had an issue like this with a server once. Turned out to be a printer driver of all things.
The only thing shown in EV is that the system was rebooted unexpectedly. There is nothing leading up to it.
They system itself works fine,.. then Poof.. black screen - like someone pulled the power cord and plugged it back in.
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I'd look at the Mobo for bad caps, then do a memory test on it over night, and lastly replace the SATA cable.
