Le 14/05/2020 à 21:22, Yvan Masson a écrit :
Le 13/05/2020 à 02:30, David Christensen a écrit :
On 2020-05-12 08:04, Yvan Masson wrote:
Le 12/05/2020 à 03:37, David Christensen a écrit :
On 2020-05-11 10:28, Yvan Masson wrote:
Was the memory in your computer installed by Acer?
I believe so.
Okay.
Have you removed or inserted any memory modules?
Not before the issue arose.
Okay.
Do you use static safe tools and work practices?
In this case I only used my hands, and touched grounded metal before.
AIUI microelectronics are now so small that an electrostatic discharge
too small for people to notice may still be large enough to damage the
electronics.
What is the model/ part number of your computer?
I can not tell now as I won't have access to the computer before two
days.
Okay. Please post the information when available.
It is an Acer AspireOne AO751h.
How many memory slots does the computer have?
1
Okay.
For each slot, what is the manufacturer name and and model/ part
number of the installed memory module?
Can not tell right now.
Okay. Please post the information when available.
It is a Hynix HYMP112S64CP6-Y5 AB-C (1GB 2Rx16 PC2-5300S-555-12)
Run Memtest86+ for 24+ hours with the computer in the same location
and under the same environmental conditions as the failed
installations. I have seen computers pass Memtest86+ for the first
12 hours, then give a few failures in the next 12 hours. Understand
that temperature and airflow can affect the reliability of electronics.
Try installing from media only; do not use a mirror:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-10.4.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso
Checksum the ISO file after you download it.
Checksum the installation media after you have burned it and before
you have booted it (installer images on USB flash drives can and do
change when booted).
Document the choices you make while running the installer.
Thanks for your suggestions! I will first try to find another RAM
stick that I know is good, and try install again: it seems faster
than trying to diagnose a faulty RAM stick.
I would run Memtest86+ for 24 hours first. If it fails, replace the
memory module with a known good module and run Memtest86+ for another
24 hours. If that fails, I would blame the motherboard.
If/ when your memory is good (and CPU by proxy), download the
manufacturer diagnostic tool for your system drive and run that.
Consider wiping the system drive. I prefer bootable USB images. For
example:
https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
I might have forgot to tell that I already tried with another hard
drive, and the installer failed exactly the same way.
Once your CPU, memory, and system drive are known good, then do the
install.
David
Before seeing your last email, I replaced the RAM with a known-good, 2GB
this time. Again, I had an issue while doing the install during packages
configuration.
I then try an install without desktop environment (only SSH, print
server and usual system utilities) successfully. After reboot, `apt
install task-lxqt-desktop` failed (LZMA error when unziping
libreoffice-core_1%3a6.1.5-3+deb10u6_i386.deb and
libqt5webenginecore5_5.11.3+dfsg-2+deb10u1_i386.deb). Removed packages
from cache, did `apt install -f`, and those packages installed properly.
I then installed many packages, still no issue.
I will run debsums to know the state of packages files, and then run
memtest86+ during 24h.
Interesting! `debsums -ac` returns most of the same files than on the
first install: a few more (normal because I installed other packages)
and a few less (but present on my current install). Time for memtest86+…
