From: mikes@is.invalid   
      
   On 04/12/2025 15:39, jason_warren wrote:   
   > I posted earlier about how the disk numbering changed:   
   > disk zero became disk one and vice versa. I still don't   
   > know how that happened, but after a month I think I'm back   
   > from Computer Hell.   
   >   
   > The Alienware R9 suddenly began to run very slowly. I ran   
   > every diagnostic I could find - the built-in ones and   
   > others. All passed, including the long versions that took   
   > hours to complete.   
   >   
   > I am diligent about backups and so I restored the SSD and   
   > spinning SCSI drive, but that didn't solve the problem.   
   > The machine still took half an hour just to boot, and I   
   > could hear the SCSI disk rattling a lot throughout.   
   >   
   > Today I did a "clean everything" fresh Win 11   
   > installation. The install proceeded quickly (I'd tried   
   > before and it was very slow). Forcing the Win installation   
   > to use the SSD cut install time from more than an hour to   
   > 15 minutes.   
   >   
   > By and by, Windows reported that there was a slew of   
   > updates to apply, about 30. That's not surprising   
   > considering how long it had been since the last update.   
   > But what I noticed, and hadn't seen before, was the fact   
   > that four of the updates were for the (Intel) SCSI   
   > adapter! I've seen plenty of updates over the years, but   
   > they've always been for drivers.   
   >   
   > After the installation and required reboot, the machine   
   > took off and is now running just as it always had.   
   > There's more cleanup to do (and a fresh backup!). So, I'm   
   > left wondering what happened.   
   >   
   > I have an idea (please don't laugh). I've been a ham radio   
   > amateur since the 60's. We are now experiencing solar   
   > cycle 25 and it's been the strongest in years. Cycles are   
   > on an ~11-year cycle. A strong CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)   
   > floods nearby space (us!) with a LOT of energetic   
   > particles that are known to be able to disrupt sensitive   
   > circuitry, sometimes momentarily, other times  actually   
   > damaging the minute gates in today's super-dense chips.   
   > Could the SCSI adapter have gotten dinged by a charged   
   > particle?   
      
   No idea what went wrong but I am certain it was not because your SCSI   
   adapter was dinged by a charged particle. You just installed Win 11 on   
   an SSD so why would the SCSI adapter affect its boot time with or   
   without new drivers?   
      
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