# My Start9 is cooked? Can't log in

**URL:** <https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863>\
**Category:** StartOS Support\
**Tags:** diy\
**Created:** [October 18, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863 "2026-10-18T21:05:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![simberety372](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@simberety372](https://community.start9.com/u/simberety372)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863/1 "2026-10-18T21:05:10Z")

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Just tried to log in and there shows an error. That’s the correct password, if I try with a wrong one, it shows “incorrect password”. In fact the server isn’t working in the background, I am trying to connect to the fulcrum on sparrow and It shows “unrecognized name”. A recent thing that I have done is to upgrade to 0.4.0.2. But that upgrade was successful that time.

After reboot the server (physically), I was able to log in but the server was OK for 1 day, then started experiencing the same issue, I was logged in when started to have that issue, there shows that error in the notification.

I use a HP mini-pc of 32GB of RAM.

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**Author:** ![Rexter](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/rexter/32/371_2.png) [@Rexter](https://community.start9.com/u/Rexter)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863/2 "2026-10-20T16:03:15Z")

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What is the physical layout of your drive(s)? Just a single internal?

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**Author:** ![simberety372](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@simberety372](https://community.start9.com/u/simberety372)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863/3 "2026-10-20T19:40:07Z")

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It have an internal and then an external SSD

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**Author:** ![StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/stupleb/32/195_2.png) [@StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/u/StuPleb)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863/4 "2026-10-20T20:29:40Z")

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Rexter’s question is directly to the point. You have a USB drive that has switched to read-only. THere are a bunch of reasons why this could be the case… from a faulty drive, to a drive that pulls to much power, to a USB port that doesn’t provide enough power, to a low quality adapter. It’ll keep happening until the problem is physically solved… the best way to do so is to put the SSD inside the computer.

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**Author:** ![simberety372](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@simberety372](https://community.start9.com/u/simberety372)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/my-start9-is-cooked-cant-log-in/5863/5 "2026-10-24T18:53:42Z")

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For now I just turned it off and changed the USB port. It works for now, I dont know if it’ll stop working in a few days.

Thankss