smartctl question

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 02:03, Phil <phillor9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> An Internet
> search shows that these symptoms are fairly common with XFCE installations.

This is 100% not true.


>
> I thought that the HDD might be the culprit so I tried:
>
> sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
>
> The result looks OK except for:
>
> 187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age
> Always       -       38654771200
>
> Does this indicate a faulty HDD?

Too trimmed. Without seeing the column headers I can't interpret that.

Things to try:

* run memtestx86 overnight

If it's a UEFI machine, get SystemRescue 9, because it's tiny, put it
on a USB key formatted with Ventoy. SR9 has memtestx86 6 which runs on
UEFI.

* Check your system firmware is up to date. If it isn't, update it.

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