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Arch crashing randomly?? (newbie, please no "RTFM") (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Every once in a while my system just randomly crashes with just a blank screen, its not when I do something specific, just randomly

Additional info: OS: Bedrock Linux 0.7.30 poki x86_64 Host: vostro 5471 Kernel: arch Uptime: 4mins Shell: bash DE: enlightenment Terminal: cool-retro-term CPU: Intel i5 GPU: Intel UHD 620 Memory: 588MiB/7839Mib

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Hangs, reboots or does it turn off? Depending on that it could be a plethora of things.

Do you get any error prompts? Any red alerts when restarting?

Did you check that the monitor works steadily on another system/OS?

Did you try another DE, even on a live usb?

Is the HDD/SSD healthy?

Are all the fans working? Is it the thermal protection?

Is the PSU healthy and or the power connection damaged?

Does your system have a centralized logging like journalctl or can you reach the single log files to check and add more information?

It could literally be anything, even aliens.