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nhermosilla14

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Registered: 2014-04-02

Posts: 3

HP / Compaq 420 Randomly fails (kernel panic)

Hi guys! I'ts been about 2 months since I first started looking for causes and fixes for this problem, but I couldn't find anything that applies to this model. It works fine nearly all the time, but when I download torrents (o even when I use it to copy many files at the same time through sftp or scp), it works for an uncertain amount of time (sometimes a few minutes, other times a few hours) and then it falls on a kernel panic.

The lspci output is this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
44:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

Any help will be highly appreaciated! Thanks!

Rexilion

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Registered: 2013-12-23

Posts: 784

Re: HP / Compaq 420 Randomly fails (kernel panic)

Would be nice if you could get the OOPS or BUG. Is that possible?

If it's the CQ60-420US then it's odd. I don't see any other reports of this issue. Did it start to happen after a kernel upgrade?

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fs/super.c : "Self-destruct in 5 seconds.  Have a nice day...\n",

nhermosilla14

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Registered: 2014-04-02

Posts: 3

Re: HP / Compaq 420 Randomly fails (kernel panic)

Would be nice if you could get the OOPS or BUG. Is that possible?

If it's the CQ60-420US then it's odd. I don't see any other reports of this issue. Did it start to happen after a kernel upgrade?

Sorry, I don't even know what the BUG nor OOPS are. I live in Chile, South America, so I don't believe that my model is the US one. And...it simply happened. After the installation, it worked flawlessly. After a few reboots, it just died. Then I turned it on one last time to check if it worked, and it did! I have upgraded the kernel a couple of times and it doesn't seem to fix, but it keeps doing exactly the same as before.

Last edited by nhermosilla14 (2014-04-18 00:05:51)

Rexilion

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Registered: 2013-12-23

Posts: 784

Re: HP / Compaq 420 Randomly fails (kernel panic)

Ah, sorry. Think I went too fast there .

If you type 'dmesg' in your console it will show you the system logs. Whenever the kernel freaks out (PANIC, BUG or OOPS) then it's shown there. It can help developers to find out what is going wrong.

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fs/super.c : "Self-destruct in 5 seconds.  Have a nice day...\n",