Thanks for your reply.
The system was working initially, then when starting Steam I got a message about 32 bits Nvidia driver was not installed, and in the same message recommanded me to install some nvidia driver, such I did (the libnvidia-gl-580). I donāt know why I got this Nvdia message the Nvidia driver 580 was the one installed and was working previously. Steam was still not working, then I rebooted and the system stops on the Ubuntu loading screen. At this stage with no access to anything visible I have to switch off the system, restarted it with the same result and switched it off again. I went to the Bios, change the initial video adater to the integrated one and got access back to Ubuntu. Then the disk issues started.
I tested the disk with the Live session using:
sudo smartctl -x /dev/sdb2
It is a bit more comprehensive than the Disk GUI (reporting no error) . Result below, some crc error but it seems ok. So it could be the disk, the disk controler, the cables, the power supply or Linux. But the error I detect with fsck after each boot seems very similar each time, so I doubt the controler or the cables are faulty. Anyway I changed to data cable and the port on the mother board, but no joy. Nothing critical on this machine, if no solution I will try a full reinstall.
Result of smartctl
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.17.0-5-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Samsung based SSDs
Device Model: Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB
Serial Number: S4CZNF0N617054B
LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 e9061b410
Firmware Version: RVQ02B6Q
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is: ACS-4 T13/BSR INCITS 529 revision 5
SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Tue Jan 20 15:07:37 2026 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Unavailable
APM feature is: Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
DSN feature is: Unavailable
ATA Security is: Disabled, frozen [SEC2]
Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x53) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
No Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 85) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 100 100 010 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 096 096 000 - 18761
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 098 098 000 - 1384
177 Wear_Leveling_Count PO--C- 086 086 000 - 111
179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot PO--C- 100 100 010 - 0
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total -O--CK 100 100 010 - 0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total -O--CK 100 100 010 - 0
183 Runtime_Bad_Block PO--C- 100 100 010 - 0
187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel -O--CK 076 049 000 - 24
195 ECC_Error_Rate -O-RC- 200 200 000 - 0
199 CRC_Error_Count -OSRCK 099 099 000 - 389
235 POR_Recovery_Count -O--C- 099 099 000 - 182
241 Total_LBAs_Written -O--CK 099 099 000 - 188342708641
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x02 SL R/O 1 Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03 GPL R/O 1 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04 GPL,SL R/O 8 Device Statistics log
0x06 SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL R/O 1 NCQ Command Error log
0x11 GPL R/O 1 SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x13 GPL R/O 1 SATA NCQ Send and Receive log
0x30 GPL,SL R/O 9 IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
0xa1 SL VS 16 Device vendor specific log
0xa5 SL VS 16 Device vendor specific log
0xce SL VS 16 Device vendor specific log
0xe0 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Command/Status
0xe1 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Data Transfer
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
256 0 65535 Read_scanning was never started
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
SCT Status Version: 3
SCT Version (vendor specific): 256 (0x0100)
Device State: Active (0)
Current Temperature: 24 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature: 23/24 Celsius
Lifetime Min/Max Temperature: 5/51 Celsius
Specified Max Operating Temperature: 70 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count: 0/0
SMART Status: 0xc24f (PASSED)
SCT Temperature History Version: 2
Temperature Sampling Period: 10 minutes
Temperature Logging Interval: 10 minutes
Min/Max recommended Temperature: 0/70 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit: 0/70 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index): 128 (30)
Index Estimated Time Temperature Celsius
31 2026-01-19 17:50 23 ****
32 2026-01-19 18:00 23 ****
33 2026-01-19 18:10 24 *****
34 2026-01-19 18:20 23 ****
35 2026-01-19 18:30 25 ******
36 2026-01-19 18:40 24 *****
37 2026-01-19 18:50 ? -
38 2026-01-19 19:00 27 ********
39 2026-01-19 19:10 ? -
... ..( 4 skipped). .. -
44 2026-01-19 20:00 ? -
45 2026-01-19 20:10 23 ****
... ..( 64 skipped). .. ****
110 2026-01-20 07:00 23 ****
111 2026-01-20 07:10 ? -
112 2026-01-20 07:20 23 ****
113 2026-01-20 07:30 23 ****
114 2026-01-20 07:40 ? -
115 2026-01-20 07:50 ? -
116 2026-01-20 08:00 29 **********
117 2026-01-20 08:10 ? -
118 2026-01-20 08:20 32 *************
119 2026-01-20 08:30 ? -
120 2026-01-20 08:40 ? -
121 2026-01-20 08:50 24 *****
122 2026-01-20 09:00 25 ******
123 2026-01-20 09:10 23 ****
124 2026-01-20 09:20 30 ***********
125 2026-01-20 09:30 ? -
126 2026-01-20 09:40 24 *****
... ..( 5 skipped). .. *****
4 2026-01-20 10:40 24 *****
5 2026-01-20 10:50 23 ****
6 2026-01-20 11:00 24 *****
7 2026-01-20 11:10 24 *****
8 2026-01-20 11:20 24 *****
9 2026-01-20 11:30 23 ****
... ..( 12 skipped). .. ****
22 2026-01-20 13:40 23 ****
23 2026-01-20 13:50 24 *****
24 2026-01-20 14:00 24 *****
25 2026-01-20 14:10 23 ****
26 2026-01-20 14:20 ? -
27 2026-01-20 14:30 ? -
28 2026-01-20 14:40 23 ****
29 2026-01-20 14:50 ? -
30 2026-01-20 15:00 24 *****
SCT Error Recovery Control:
Read: Disabled
Write: Disabled
Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Flags Description
0x01 ===== = = === == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01 0x008 4 1384 --- Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01 0x010 4 18761 --- Power-on Hours
0x01 0x018 6 188342708641 --- Logical Sectors Written
0x01 0x020 6 1436396583 --- Number of Write Commands
0x01 0x028 6 230770047440 --- Logical Sectors Read
0x01 0x030 6 2127280850 --- Number of Read Commands
0x01 0x038 6 345000 --- Date and Time TimeStamp
0x04 ===== = = === == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04 0x008 4 0 --- Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04 0x010 4 1086 --- Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05 ===== = = === == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05 0x008 1 24 --- Current Temperature
0x05 0x020 1 51 --- Highest Temperature
0x05 0x028 1 5 --- Lowest Temperature
0x05 0x058 1 70 --- Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x06 ===== = = === == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06 0x008 4 6482 --- Number of Hardware Resets
0x06 0x010 4 0 --- Number of ASR Events
0x06 0x018 4 389 --- Number of Interface CRC Errors
0x07 ===== = = === == Solid State Device Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x07 0x008 1 14 N-- Percentage Used Endurance Indicator
|||_ C monitored condition met
||__ D supports DSN
|___ N normalized value
Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c) not supported
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description