Kernel boot problems or is my hard drive failing ?

[JD]

On 06/24/2010 05:53 PM, Linuxguy123 was caught red-handed while writing::
> Update
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> I cloned the original 160 GB hard drive onto a new 160 GB SSD.  The
> booting problem is even worse now.   It used to take 2-6 tries to get my
> laptop to boot.  Now it takes about 10.
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> The SMART tests from the original 160 GB drive all came back fine.  So
> did all the fscks.
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> I've run the bios memory check and it comes back fine too.
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> The boot problem also occurred when I booted the ubuntu 10.4 live CD.
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> Any ideas ?
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> Thanks
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> On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 12:14 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote:
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>> If I power down my laptop via the usual KStart->Shutdown means, it can
>> take up to 4 restart attempts before it fully boots.
>>
>> It has no problem launching grub and the kernel selection screen.  That
>> it does reliably every time.   After that, there are issues.
>>
>> Twice I will get a back screen with a flashing cursor.  Then I will get
>> an ehci -19 error.  Then it will boot properly.
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>> My fscks are fine.  I had a block error once, about two weeks ago, but
>> that was with an older F12 kernel after completely crashing during a
>> resume from suspend to RAM.
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>> Is anyone else experiencing a problem booting ?   Does this sound like a
>> kernel problem or is my hard drive failing ?
>>
>> Thanks
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>> $ uname -a
>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Dec 21
>> 06:04:56 UTC 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linu

I think you are having some real HARDWARE problems.
Do you have a standalone CD that does a comprehensive
test of all hardware components present?