On 04/03/2019 16.14, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 04.03.2019 19:40, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 04/03/2019 15.36, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 3/4/19 9:19 AM, hdv@gmail wrote: >>>> ame day, no old image was used. >>> Right, but if you didn't use a "clean install" more than likely an old >>> configuration might be at fault. I don't have an SSD but during the install >>> process, wouldn't that drive be re-formatted?? Trouble shooting with a >>> shotgun. Ric >>> >> Maybe, but that would only account for the trouble with the new SSD. As I >> wrote, >> the old SSD was never changed at all. Nor was the BIOS. The system ran fine >> before I took that SSD out. You'd expect the system to run fine when putting >> it >> back in. >> >> Grx HdV >> > Unless you didn't performed a reboot in a long time or\and used hibernation.
Could have been the case. But I have rebooted the laptop before replacing the SSD to look at the BIOS settings. So in this case this was not so. > I'm just throwing suggestions blindly, because things could go wrong in many > ways if poking inside laptop case is involved. Indeed. > Do you have another drive installed in this laptop in tray caddy, perhaps, or > in > second drive slot if it is available? Nope. > How much RAM your laptop have? Does it all detected by BIOS\OS? There is 8GB of RAM and it is all detected. Both before and after this mess. > It is possible you have damaged some passive parts around SATA connector > during > drive swap procedures. Inspect that location with magnifying glass for > possible > damage to small SMD elements and inspect SATA connector itself for possible > cracks in solder joints. I did think of hardware damage myself as well, but my inspection did not show any visible damage. Not that that says all, but at least it is an indicator. > If everything is ok, it wouldn't hurt to insert and remove drive into SATA > connector multiple times just to ensure all contact pads in connector have a > good contact. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this too. Alas, without any improvement. You could say I am at a loss... > Also show us SMART information for both SSD drives: > $ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda I'll try to run the the command again, but it might take an extremely long time to finish. I did before (during diagnosis) but did not copy or type over the results. I do remember that cached reads were about 1.1 GB/s for both the old and the new SSD after the slowness started. Thanks for trying to help! Grx HdV
