Fatal1ty peripherals suddenly stopped working

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   I have a Fatal1ty mini ITX, non-overclocked with an R3 CPU running Ubuntu. Suddenly, while it was running, the Wifi and sound suddenly stopped working. The OS can detect the hardware but there is no response so in internet connection or sound output.

Restarting several times does nothing. Is there something on the motherboard I can desolder/replace? I really don't have the cash right now to replace the MB and I'd rather not anyway.

Thanks.

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ImmortalSoFar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Jul 2019 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote ImmortalSoFar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Fatal1ty peripherals suddenly stopped working Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 5:35pm
	I have a Fatal1ty mini ITX, non-overclocked with an R3 CPU running Ubuntu. Suddenly, while it was running, the Wifi and sound suddenly stopped working. The OS can detect the hardware but there is no response so in internet connection or sound output. Restarting several times does nothing. Is there something on the motherboard I can desolder/replace? I really don't have the cash right now to replace the MB and I'd rather not anyway. Thanks.

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 5:52pm
	What is dmesg showing? The other logs?

ImmortalSoFar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Jul 2019 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote ImmortalSoFar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 6:30pm
	Dmesg doesn't show anything out of the ordinary. Syslog shows a few read errors. However, I did boot from a usb stick and the wireless showed up fine so it's looking like it's an OS error. Thanks for your time and I'll reinstall the OS (Ubuntu 19.04) and update the situation.

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 6:51pm
	May I kindly suggest you update your BIOS and clear the CMOS before you re-deploy Ubuntu?

ImmortalSoFar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Jul 2019 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote ImmortalSoFar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 10:00pm
	Good idea, done. Also reformatted sda1 since the only thing that changed was that I copied a load of data files across - just a precaution in case it had got corrupted. Reinstalled the OS and, so far, it seems to be running fine. Certainly, having the peripherals suddenly start working again (all of them) seems to rule out a hardware problem. Thanks for all your help and sorry for wasting your time. Mike.

xhue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Aug 2018 Status: Offline Points: 634	Post Options Post Reply Quote xhue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jul 2019 at 12:28am
	Yes, if stuck in such a mess it's always to start from scratch. Mission critical machines are something else, however. I'm talking about regular PCs here. It's also a good idea to keep your OS and binaries on a separate disk. This way you can always rebuild from 0 quickly. Also, time used for a good deed is not time wasted. May Tux be always in your favor, Mike.