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martha_p

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Registered: 2024-05-12

Posts: 2

Stress testing (especially external GPU) for hardware failure detectio

Hi there,

I'm experiencing some hardware(probably) failure(spontaneous dead freezes that go only after hard reset, unrecognizable boot that come back after multiple hard resets, black screen with working fans without anything I can do), but I'm not sure what causes it. It's a laptop with Intel and Nvidia GPUs with proprietary Nvidia drivers with Prime and I've run torture tests with mprime for over an hour. Everything passed. Tried to use multiple kernels and Nvidia drivers, all the same. Reinstall the whole system couple of times with the same result.
I thought to test Nvidia GPU, but I'm not sure how to do so, can you please suggest or point to the right direction.
What do you think I could do to troubleshoot it further.

rep_movsd

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Registered: 2013-08-24

Posts: 148

Re: Stress testing (especially external GPU) for hardware failure detectio

Is it a laptop?
If so, does it have a diagnostic test suite on the Bios?

Your symptoms sound like a hardware issue.

jl2

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Registered: 2022-06-01

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Re: Stress testing (especially external GPU) for hardware failure detectio

furmark really burns gpus, especially with it's new knot feature. I think it's in the repos.

If you're laptop is under 2 years old you will probably have a warranty, else good luck.

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martha_p

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Registered: 2024-05-12

Posts: 2

Re: Stress testing (especially external GPU) for hardware failure detectio

Yes, it is a laptop.
No, no such options on BIOS, sadly.

I'm just trying to see if I can get any relevant information from testing/software regarding health status of the hardware.