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22 Jul 2026 22:31 #347970 by RLA
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Hi...I have an older MSI Motherboard 7641 ver 1....using mesa 7i96s for 6 axis work..recently more frequent freezes...read only errors or crashing..Today I noticed it happened immediately after selecting live plot....I know it could be a lot of things only related to pc but I am curious to see if there is any known causes to look into before changing parts etc...Using debian bookworm

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Rick

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23 Jul 2026 03:20 #347971 by tommylight
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Did it get worse with time, or is it roughly the same?
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Stuff you can test:
-open a terminal while LinuxCNC is open, does not have to be enabled or running, type "sensors", check temps
-remove the CPU cooler and apply fresh thermal paste
-remove memory sticks if more than one and test, one by one. Do remove power and wait 2 minutes before removing or inserting modules.
-boot from USB stick containing LinuxCNC in live mode, run LinuxCNC, does it freeze?
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Other things:
power supply
drying capacitors on PSU or motherboard
if you are using serial or usb for comms to machine, remove and test without them
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23 Jul 2026 04:29 #347975 by rodw
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A quick Google indicated your motherboard is a poor choice for PREEMPT_RT kernel due to Its aging AMD 760G/SB710 chipset, older BIOS/ACPI implementations, and high System Management Interrupt (SMI) jitter typically cause severe latency spikes and potential system instability under hard real-time workloads.

I've never been keen on AMD.
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23 Jul 2026 09:39 #347982 by RLA
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Seems to be getting worse...

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23 Jul 2026 09:43 #347983 by RLA
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I frequently use the run pause..run from here feature...not sure if that exposes the weaknesses

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23 Jul 2026 13:14 #347991 by tommylight
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I've never been keen on AMD.

WTH man?
Oh yeah, you like to be lied to that you have 20 cores....
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That is really disappointing Rod.

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23 Jul 2026 15:14 #347998 by PCW
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Seems to be getting worse...

Sounds like some hardware is failing,

Does dmesg show any hardware faults (disk errors etc?)

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23 Jul 2026 15:36 #348000 by RLA
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So this am I switched to another pc optiplex 9020...used same SSD...Got same error...
Ran smartctl...disc passed....just did fsck -f -y....got 4% noncontiguous as result

dmesg gave nothing in red

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23 Jul 2026 15:51 #348003 by RLA
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Just went to run dmesg again....after it finished...stretched terminal window...went blank...opened new terminal fullof read only errors??

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23 Jul 2026 19:53 #348011 by PCW
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By read only errors did you mean "error finishing read" errors
(which indicate network latency issues)

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