Seeking Help: Linux Errors Running on My Laptop

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Hi everyone,

I'm encountering persistent errors while running Linux on my cheapest student laptop and could use some guidance on how to resolve them.

Here are the details:

  • Laptop: [ 13th Gen Intel i5].
  • Issues: Frequent errors, system crashes, and performance problems.

I've tried:

  • Updating the system and drivers.
  • Running system diagnostics and basic troubleshooting.

Despite these efforts, the errors persist. Any suggestions on further troubleshooting steps, optimizing performance, or potential fixes would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help!

Best, Jonathan Jone

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Check if the disk (I assume SSD) hasn't got any worn-out sectors ("bad sectors"). First run any S.M.A.R.T. tool against it.
Check if the memory (RAM) sticks haven't got any damaged NAND gates.
If you don't have the experience needed, both can be done (quite chepaly I presume) in any local computer repair shop.

Some years ago (when still I worked closer to H/W than S/W), I used MHDD for checking plate-disks (HDDs, not SSDs), so I guess it's outdated. I don't know, what would the best tool be to do it now (preferably "freeware" or "open-source").
Memtest86+ should still be ok for checking the memory.

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Can you give us a clue as to what the errors are?

Are there error messages shown (before it crashes)? If so, post them here.

Also, what Linux distro are you running exactly. Which version of that distro.

The spec of the laptop would be useful too. How much RAM? disk size?

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