jon314

"Functional and supported for a long time" They will only support during warranty (I assume) and will not renew warranty if you have a problem. I have an a200 that I bought refurbished in June 2022, and it lasted for 15 months before a major failure (boot disk showing bad sectors). I basically solved it by reducing space usage to 1/2 disk space, cloned the failing SSD and was ready to install a brand new one myself. But then a month later something happened with the GPU, power supply, or mainboard, I'm not sure which. The GPU basically doesn't output video, so the only way I can access the system is to log in through remote desktop from another computer. I've been in touch with Corsair support and they are basically worthless. I'm so glad I didn't pay full price for that garbage, which was discounted $1000 but still $2000 too much for what I got. The Corsair One Pro A200 is by far the most unstable, shortest lasting premade system I've owned, which includes a 1998 Dell Precision workstation (12+ years), HP laptop 2003 (8+ years), Sager Laptop (10+ years and still usable), Lenovo Yoga X1 (6 years and still in regular use).

My SSD is failing so I'm trying to use systemrescue (https://www.system-rescue.org/Download/) to clone as much data as possible onto a new SSD, so I don't have to spend hours setting up a new OS and software. The problem is systemrescue doesn't boot. In the boot menu, the USB option is visible but when I select it, the screen flashes and immediately returns to the same menu. I know the USB flash drive it's on is working properly because it boots fine in 3 other computers. I've tried two versions of systemrescue, 10.01 and 9.06. Is there a known issue with the a200 not booting systemrescue?