Non encrypted drive breaks after steam crashes restart is needed bluetooth turns on by itself

[shelled]

Fresh install; after downloading steam games to two drives non encrypted; had this happen on a few systems now exact behavior & Bluetooth always turns on.

Used to be able to fix the drives in windows using disk check now that does not work.

What is most concerning is the need for a restart after the screen randomly goes blank and system is unresponsive each time.

System:
Kernel: 6.17.13-hardened1-2-hardened arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: pti=on
page_alloc.shuffle=1 BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-hardened
root=UUID=255ad231-e2c1-403b-82c1-92e5ff8d19af rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet rd.luks.uuid=ea4bba1c-8a33-4594-9183-99b5bf7b46b0 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.22.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B850-I GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 1022 date: 03/05/2025
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA70520A
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2404 min/max: 423/5177 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 2404 2: 2404 3: 2404
4: 2404 5: 2404 6: 2404 7: 2404 8: 2404 9: 2404 10: 2404 11: 2404 12: 2404
13: 2404 14: 2404 15: 2404 16: 2404 bogomips: 134414
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 32 [Radeon RX 7700 XT /
7800 XT] vendor: XFX driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,DP-3 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:747e class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3440x2880
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom model: Samsung S34CG50 serial: <filter>
built: 2024 res: mode: 3440x1440 hz: 100 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 869mm (34.2") modes: max: 3440x1440
min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: primary,top model: Samsung S34CG50 serial: <filter>
built: 2024 res: mode: 3440x1440 hz: 100 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 869mm (34.2") modes: max: 3440x1440
min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.3-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi
navi32 LLVM 21.1.6 DRM 3.64 6.17.13-hardened1-2-hardened)
device-ID: 1002:747e memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 7800 XT (RADV NAVI32) driver: mesa radv v: 25.3.3-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:747e surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.3-arch1.2 (LLVM
21.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: ASUSTek USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:2
chip-ID: 0b05:1be1 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.17.13-hardened1-2-hardened status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:125c
class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7925 802.11be 160MHz 2x2 PCIe Wireless Network
Adapter [Filogic 360] vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7925e v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7925
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp11s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:4
chip-ID: 13d3:3602 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.4 lmp-v: 13
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 29.89 GiB (1.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 29.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Transcend model: N/A size: 1.87 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: TS37
scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 173.61 GiB size: 173.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 29.65 GiB (17.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-ea4bba1c-8a33-4594-9183-99b5bf7b46b0
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 200 MiB size: 196 MiB (98.00%)
used: 32 MiB (16.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 173.61 GiB size: 173.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 29.65 GiB (17.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-ea4bba1c-8a33-4594-9183-99b5bf7b46b0
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 173.61 GiB size: 173.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 29.65 GiB (17.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-ea4bba1c-8a33-4594-9183-99b5bf7b46b0
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 173.61 GiB size: 173.61 GiB (100.00%)
used: 29.65 GiB (17.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-ea4bba1c-8a33-4594-9183-99b5bf7b46b0
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.4 C mobo: 31.2 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 41.0 C
mem: 41.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB available: 62.45 GiB used: 5.14 GiB (8.2%)
Processes: 471 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1317 libs: 350 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 default: fish v: 4.3.3 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.12.3-2):
System install date:     2026-01-17
Garuda release:          251103
Last full system update: 2026-01-18
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
--- System Health Check Report ---
25/26 checks run in 0.64 seconds ⌛
Powered by garuda-health 🦅

✅ System health check passed. No issues found.

[SGS]

Maybe, but use your /dev/…

fdisk  /dev/nvme0n1p6
e2fsck -f /dev/nvme0n1p6 # <- file check
mke2fs -n /dev/nvme0n1p6 # <- show superblock
e2fsck -f -y -b <superblock> /dev/nvme0n1p6 # <--repair superblock

[nepti]

@shelled

Fresh install; after downloading steam games to two drives non encrypted; had this happen on a few systems now exact behavior

@shelled

Used to be able to fix the drives in windows using disk check now that does not work.

An error occurred while accessing 'Basic data partition', the system responded: The requested operation has failed: Error mounting /dev/blahblah: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/blahblah, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

We’ve discussed this topic several times here in the forum, and even you’ve had this issue before:

Windows Partitions Fat32 or NTFS break after system freezes or screens go black to due static electricity or power interruption when using Steam (tested multiple times)

Use the forum search, your keyword is ntfsfix. Also, we do not recommend using NTFS partitions excessively on Linux. Do this at your own risk.

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@shelled

Bluetooth always turns on

@shelled

What is most concerning is the need for a restart after the screen randomly goes blank and system is unresponsive each time.

ONE issue per topic please.

[shelled]

Might have time to setup a pure Arch system at some point. Switching one drive to EXT4; after shredding both; second is getting formatted as NTFS in arch this time. Most concerning is Bluetooth turning on; Steam crashing Arch to the point of needing a restart; it happening on multiple systems like clockwork.

[Duke187]

did you try that?

ntfsfix --help
ntfsfix v2022.10.3 (libntfs-3g)

Usage: ntfsfix [options] device
    Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

    -b, --clear-bad-sectors Clear the bad sector list
    -d, --clear-dirty       Clear the volume dirty flag
    -h, --help              Display this help
    -n, --no-action         Do not write anything
    -V, --version           Display version information

For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6

Developers' email address: ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net
News, support and information:  https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/

Did you checked the settings for bluetooth or Desktop session start?