[mythtv-users] Disk Report, Is this Still Safe to use? (Was: Muti-Year Installation Major Disk Corruption)

[Jerry]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Philip Brady <phil.brady at hotmail.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Given all this, I'm inclined to believe one of a couple things:
>
> * Power Supply:  My Primary suspicion is, given the age of the box,
> there's a potential that the PS is just not supplying enough power to the
> system anymore...causing all the misfires.
> * Motherboard:  My secondary suspicion is that the Motherboard has given
> up the ghost.  Given the kernel panics and seg faults I was getting during
> installation on this box, I wonder if there's not just something broken
> with the MB itself...could account for the CPU and Video Card Errors.
>
> I suppose it COULD be the CPU that's broken, but I've never seen a CPU
> give out (It's got a hella good aftermarket cooler on it).  I don't think
> the video card is to blame (I can't see where the video card would be the
> culpret in all the issues) but maybe I'm not looking at something right.
>
> Anyway it goes, the old Myth box is pretty much ADR (Ain't Doin' Right)
> and at the moment, I just don't have a whole lot of need to take that
> diagnosis any farther than I already have.
>
> --Doug
>

I have had two bad CPUs with aftermarket coolers.  It can definitely
happen.  Last January we had a bad ice storm and there were several power
surges.  I have this machine on a new UPS and it still got damaged.  I sent
back the motherboard several times only to find it was the CPU, which was
covered by Intel's warranty.

The time before that, I was getting errors when compiling the kernel.  I
think this is what clued me into the bad CPU diagnosis.  Unfortunately, the
CPU wasn't covered that time.

I am not a troubleshooting expert but I would look into CPU testing with
your favorite search engine.  I think a compile test will do it but I am
not certain this is an indicator.

If it's the motherboard, then of course things would also be screwy.  I'm
not sure how you troubleshoot a motherboard other than sending it in for
repair.  I sent mine back and forth and it took a month.  It was very
frustrating, and I ended up with a refurbished board.  ASUS was the brand.

The process with Intel was very quick -- I did the advanced RMA after doing
troubleshooting with a CSR and the actual exchange took a little over a
week.  I got a factory new CPU.

If it is still under warranty, it might be worth it to open up a ticket
with Intel or AMD.

Good luck and let us know your progress.

Jerry
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