> - hardware: The hardware has not been changed recently and the system used > to work until before the update. Forgot to say: - memtest86+ ran without problems for several cycles (once the laptop is booted into Classic BIOS modes, for obvious reason). RAM corruption is thus very unlikely > - no filesystem corruption after checking for modification from RPM databse Cron jobs also run periodic SMART tests (nightly shorts, weekly long) and btrfs scrubs (weekly, too). Data /filesystem corrupt is very unlikely to go unnoticed, even prior to the RPM database compare. Appart from aging component on the Mobo or on the power supply, I can't manage to see where the problem could coming from.