I have been getting a weird freeze issue on all my Linux installs (on the same computer). I was previously using Manjaro and the system used to freeze twice or thrice every week.
I reverted to Debian Testing recently in the hope for some improvement. But, it looks like the issue still persists - around three full freezes so far.
By freeze, I mean that the keyboard and mouse does not respond, cannot switch to a TTY, and the SysRQ keys do not work either. (I haven't tested the SysRQ keys since the Debian install, will do that as soon as it happens again; was not enabled correctly the last time it happened ) The only way to gain control of the system has been to hold the power button and force the system to turn off.
I updated the BIOS as well yesterday, and but do not see any improvement - had another freeze today. The amd microcode is also installed and does seem to show up correctly in journalctl output.
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# journalctl -xb -2 |grep microcode
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU4: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU5: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU6: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU7: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU8: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU9: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU10: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU11: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU12: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU13: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU14: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: CPU15: patch_level=0x08001138
Jan 09 12:42:06 dexter kernel: microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
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# dmidecode --type bios
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.1.1 present.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 5603
Release Date: 07/28/2020
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16 MB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 5.13
Handle 0x0037, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
Language Description Format: Long
Installable Languages: 9
en|US|iso8859-1
fr|FR|iso8859-1
zh|TW|unicode
ja|JP|unicode
de|DE|iso8859-1
es|ES|iso8859-1
ru|RU|iso8859-5
ko|KR|unicode
<BAD INDEX>
Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1
I do have a faulty hard disk connected - it is failing SMART tests. However, it is not mounted and I do not think should be causing complete freezes like this.
Neither do I face a similar issue in Windows (currently the system dual boots into Windows and Debian).
Currently I am at a loss and am not sure what else to look at. Would greatly appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.
More information about the hardware:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Motherboard: ROG STRIX B350-F (BIOS version 5603)
Graphics Card: Radeon RX 580
Thank you.