14-06-2025, 11:18 PM
(14-06-2025, 10:45 PM)nzoomed Wrote: Im running Debian 12 on this which has been a while since i last used Debian and its come a long way in that time with many more refinements since I last touched it and switched to kubuntu.
Everything seems to work OK straight out of the box which is good.
I've been thinking of trying it again myself, I last tried Debian quite some time ago and it was a very different experience to Ubuntu, then (before Unity or Gnome 3)
But I'm not at all impressed with Canonical's decision to force Snap on everyone with their recent versions, regardless of whether it's a good system or not, a big reason for me moving to Linux was to get away from that sort of thing, because I was sick of Microsoft forcing changes on me I didn't want either.
(14-06-2025, 10:45 PM)nzoomed Wrote: I will let you know how i get on with this utility, i was only introduced it by a friend this week.
I booted it up and the drive doesnt show at all, but will have a look next week when ive got more time spare.
Your right that its likely a shorted ceramic capacitor, will take some time to find, as there is a number of these. Sometimes they have fusable resistors that are there as a form of protection from voltage spikes.
Seems strange if it shows in Windows though. I wonder what the Linux logfiles say, if there's anything about it.
Haven't personally had to deal with a bad SSD (yet) except for a cheap one I bought that died. It was under warranty and I got a refund, then bought a bigger, better brand one. So I never tried to diagnose it electrically or otherwise.