Computer stopped unexpectedly (was: Re: No Subject)

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2026-01-04 at 18:13 +0000, Wade Smart wrote:
> Last night while watching a youtube video all of the sudden my
> computer just shut down.

Did it shut down, or just die? I.e., did it seem to shut down in an
orderly fashion, or did it just - stop?

Assuming the latter, and if it's a desktop, I would check the power
cable at both ends or even replace it. And re-seat internal connections
and cards etc if you are up to it.

Could also be a hardware fault or overheating. Could be a blocked,
dirty or failed fan, too much dust, or failed thermal paste between the
heat sink and the CPU.

> It was fine until about 20 min ago when I started to work I my
> secondary drive cant be accessed.

I'll be interested in what other suggestions people have, but if it
were my drive I would replace it and restore the data from backup.

Regards, K.

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