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chbkall commented on Ask HN: What are some Linux tools to diagnose a system which keeps hanging?    · Posted by u/chbkall
electricant · 7 months ago
Happened to me on what, if I recall correctly, was a thinkpad t61. In the end it was due to outdated BIOS. Updating it stopped the PC from hanging up.

Perhaps check that your BIOS is the latest version first.

And by the way run also a scan of the RAM with memtest.

chbkall · 7 months ago
The memtest86 routinely fails ... I guess that would be an issue with the RAM?
chbkall commented on A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science   initcoder.com/posts/37-ye... · Posted by u/chbkall
chbkall · 7 months ago
Thank you everyone for all your kinds words, advice (both cautionary and otherwise), resources, encouragement. Some of you also took the time to personally reach out to me and offer help. I had never intended the post to be read by so many people but I am truly grateful to each one of you who did so (and also took time to comment and email). I am also slightly embarrassed by so much attention.

There is lot to unpack from the comment threads below and I will be doing that in the coming days. As recommended by several of you, I have also added an RSS feed on my blog to help you follow my journey.

Thanks!

u/chbkall

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