Thanks Richard. Yes, I talked with Titan; they suggested trying the pcie-m.2 adapter. I will try them again. I have not checked for bios updates. Not sure how to go about that (last time I did that it required an msdos floppy disc).
Haven't tried the SSDs in another device because I don't have one. But the fact that replacing the SSD causes it to work, where it wasn't working before, tells me they were damaged. I have at least once power off/on the workstation, and the bios did not find any ssd to boot from. So power cycle didn't fix it, but replace ssd did fix it.
I will try Titan again later today, but just looking for ideas.
Thanks, Neal
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 8:44 AM Richard Shaw hobbes1069@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 7:34 AM Neal Becker ndbecker2@gmail.com wrote:
I know this is a bit OT, but you guys are great at answering all questions.
I bought a workstation from Titan computers around 1/2020 (dual EPYC cpu). After about 1 year it stopped working. I could ssh to it, and almost any command would return Input/Output error. Unfortunately journalctl gave input/output error so I can't see logs. cat /proc/partitions did not show any nvme device (the root device) on which the OS was installed.
I replaced the SSD with a samsung 980 pro. Reinstalled fedora. It then worked a few weeks, then the exact same symptoms.
I replaced the SSD with another samsung 980 pro, this time with heatsink. Reinstalled fedora. It worked a few weeks. Then same symptoms.
Then I replaced with a 4th samsung 980 pro, but this time instead of using the M.2 socket I used a pcie-m.2 adapter (in case something was wrong with the m.2 socket). Also added a surge protector outlet for good measure. Reinstalled. Watched the smartctl. No errors. Temperature was always low.
Now it's failed again, exactly same symptoms.
Any ideas?
I remember your other email about a month or so ago and thought it was really strange. Have you tried the drives in another system to confirm they're truly dead?
I would check for BIOS updates just for good measure. Other than that, have you had any communication with Titan about it?
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