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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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[–] [email protected] 114 points 5 months ago (3 children)

At first, I thought it was some sort of iot washing machine that stopped working due to software error lol.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was wondering what a washing machine needed a TPM for. Better title: "machine fails to boot after power failure"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Good point - I've fixed it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

enforcing their bootloader signature obviously. can't risk having consumers prod their washing machine software, they might hurt themselves.

[–] TranquilTurbulence 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Me too. Read the title, looked at the picture and concluded that some people have really fancy washing machines. 😃

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I assumed OP plugged himself in some hidden serial port (like cars' obd2) and the washing machine had indeed a tpm to prevent bootleg/non original spare parts.

The human mind can be the deepest well of imagination sometimes. I'm a bit too good at that o.Ô

[–] TranquilTurbulence 2 points 5 months ago

I wish my washing machine had an ethernet port so that I could SSH into it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The washing machine caused some sort of electric failure that damaged a thin client being used as a server

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Oh wow I'm dense

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

a thin client being used as a server

"Look at me, I'm the server now."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago