"Hardware Error" after power failure
Hello,
Today my washing machine completely broke down. My parents desperately tried to get it working, but it resulted in the circuit breakers tripping and my server (an old Dell Wyse thin client) experiencing a hard power off.
When I tried to turn it back on, I received these errors on the screen.
I ran a memtest, and it completed without any issues. I also created a disk image backup just in case.
Is there any chance of getting this machine running again, or is it only fit for utilization?
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There’s so much incompetent advice here.
CPU is fine.
Linux is booting and tries to connect to TPM (trusted platform module).
It has nothing to do with graphics card. Fact it is booting means CPU is most likely likely unaffected.
TPM is most likely fried.
Linux can run without TPM. Plenty of old boards were shipped with TPM socket, but without TPM itself.
Best option is get manual for your motherboard and pull out that TPM.
Any passwords stored there are lost, if you used it.
If TPM is fine, then board pathway to it may be damaged. If that’s the case and you really need it, then board replacement is your option. But that’s only after good TPM was tried.
In some cases a wipe/reset of the TPM from the BIOS might do it as well, is it's still functional but scrambled
This is a thin client. It does not have a removable TPM module, so I cannot physically "pull out" that TPM.