The hardware all passes the dell diagnostics and the SMART check on the hard disk.
The laptop is freezing randomly, sometimes at the disk decryption screen, sometimes after 10 minutes of logging in, sometimes at the login screen.
The most bizarre symptom is as follows:
If i log in normally, it barely gets past the decryption screen, if it does, it freezes in the first two minutes, like fully freezes. ctrl+alt+f2 does nothing.
However, However, it seems like if I do the recovery mode, then choose "boot as normal" it works just fine indefinitely.
This is my lsw:
kins-latitude-7490
description: Notebook
product: Latitude 7490 (081C)
vendor: Dell Inc.
serial: D881SN2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-3.1.0 dmi-3.1.0 smp vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=Latitude sku=081C uuid=44454C4C-3800-1038-8031-C4C04F534E32
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0KP0FT
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
version: A00
serial: /D881SN2/CNCMK008550553/
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 1.18.0
date: 01/07/2021
size: 64KiB
capacity: 16MiB
capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 4d
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
product: CT8G4SFS824A.M8FE
vendor: 859B0000802C
physical id: 0
serial: E2D0C28C
slot: DIMM A
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
product: CT8G4SFS824A.M8FE
vendor: 859B0000802C
physical id: 1
serial: E2D0C278
slot: DIMM B
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 51
slot: L1 Cache
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 52
slot: L2 Cache
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 53
slot: L3 Cache
size: 6MiB
capacity: 6MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 54
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: U3E1
size: 3058MHz
capacity: 3600MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp md_clear flush_l1d cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=skl_uncore
resources: irq:0
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: UHD Graphics 620
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
*-generic:0
description: Signal processing controller
product: Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: 08
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm cap_list
configuration: driver=proc_thermal latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:ec240000-ec247fff
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:127 memory:ec230000-ec23ffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.11.0-36-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 5.11
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=12 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Video
product: Integrated_Webcam_HD
vendor: CNFGH19O1344000272E2
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@1:5
version: 68.25
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 7
bus info: usb@1:7
version: 0.10
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:2 UNCLAIMED
description: Generic USB device
product: 5880
vendor: Broadcom Corp
physical id: a
bus info: usb@1:a
version: 1.01
serial: 0123456789ABCD
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.11.0-36-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 5.11
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-generic:1
description: Signal processing controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi cap_list
configuration: driver=intel_pch_thermal latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:ec25a000-ec25afff
*-generic:2
description: Signal processing controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 15
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:ec259000-ec259fff
*-generic:3
description: Signal processing controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 15.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.1
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:ec258000-ec258fff
*-generic:4
description: Signal processing controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 15.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.2
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:ec257000-ec257fff
*-generic:5
description: Signal processing controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 15.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.3
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:ec256000-ec256fff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:129 memory:ec255000-ec255fff
*-raid
description: RAID bus controller
product: 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 17
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: raid msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:125 memory:ec250000-ec251fff memory:ec254000-ec2540ff ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:ec253000-ec2537ff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:122 memory:ec100000-ec1fffff
*-generic
description: Unassigned class
product: RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=rtsx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:126 memory:ec100000-ec100fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:123 memory:ec000000-ec0fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 8265 / 8275
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlp2s0
version: 78
serial: 5c:5f:67:c7:67:2b
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.11.0-36-generic firmware=36.77d01142.0 8265-36.ucode ip=192.168.50.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:130 memory:ec000000-ec001fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:124 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d4000000-ea0fffff ioport:b0000000(size=570425344)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Sunrise Point LPC Controller/eSPI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-memory UNCLAIMED
description: Memory controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP PMC
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ec24c000-ec24ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
resources: irq:131 memory:ec248000-ec24bfff memory:ec220000-ec22ffff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: Sunrise Point-LP SMBus
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:ec252000-ec2520ff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (4) I219-LM
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
logical name: enp0s31f6
version: 21
serial: 10:65:30:48:04:8f
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=5.11.0-36-generic firmware=0.1-4 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:128 memory:ec200000-ec21ffff
*-pnp00:00
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 1
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:01
product: PnP device PNP0b00
physical id: 2
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=rtc_cmos
*-pnp00:02
product: PnP device INT3f0d
physical id: 3
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:03
product: PnP device PNP0303
physical id: 4
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=i8042 kbd
*-pnp00:04
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 5
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:05
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 6
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:06
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 7
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:07
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 8
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-scsi
physical id: 9
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: SK hynix SC311 S
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 0P10
serial: EJ84N509611104B1N
size: 238GiB (256GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=b4709f27-7dea-47b7-8cba-789f23ce4908 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /boot/efi
version: FAT32
serial: cad8-2d61
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro name=EFI System Partition state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /boot
version: 1.0
serial: 5b75ef55-6c6c-4ed1-87d0-f995cff05bc7
size: 732MiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2021-03-25 20:37:30 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/boot modified=2021-09-22 16:45:43 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime mounted=2021-09-22 16:45:43 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: EFI partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
serial: 969c0072-9032-4f9b-9ce9-9a136a18aa2c
size: 237GiB
capacity: 237GiB
width: 237136840 bits
capabilities: encrypted luks initialized
configuration: bits=4532104136 filesystem=luks hash=sha256 version=2
*-battery
product: DELL DM3WC64
vendor: SMP
physical id: 1
version: 04/11/2018
serial: 134C
slot: Sys. Battery Bay
capacity: 60000mWh
configuration: voltage=7.6V
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: veth6246db8
serial: 5a:16:79:83:31:d9
size: 10Gbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=veth driverversion=1.0 duplex=full link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Gbit/s
