[xubuntu-users] Hardware query

[MR ZenWiz]

I have a box that was discarded by a friend of mine whom I advised on
replacing it with a new computer, even helped her pick it out and set
it up (for a fee). The old one of which I relieved her has an ASRock
motherboard, AMD A6 or A8 processor, a 240GB SSD for the boot drive
and a 750GB Seagate for the data drive.

I was able to install Windows 10 Pro on it, and it also booted from my
Ventoy drive to "run" Xubuntu 20.04.4. In fact, it seems to run
Windows better than Xubuntu, sad to say.

The problem is that it tends to freeze up unexpectedly after some
random period of time. Today I tried to reboot it into Xubunu 22.04.1
on my Ventoy drive, and it boots, but it doesn't run long enough to
get the panel on the screen, just the Jammy logo.

I wanted to do this to get the lshw configuration dump so I know
what's in it to see if I can sell it, but right now it looks more like
a recyclable trash box.

This freeze occurs no matter what it is running. It has frozen on the
Ventoy boot screen, running in Windows, running the Xubuntu 20.04 from
the flash drive, anytime, no warning, it just stops.

I'll try to get the configuration out of it, but so far that has not worked.

What do I do to test out what might be the case, other than running
the BIOS diagnostics (which all shows everything as fine and running
smoothly)?

It also has an achingly slow response to the keyboard and mouse - I'm
thinking the USB ports are sketchy too.

Thanks, I hope.

Mark