Unable to boot after crash

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Hello my problem began not long after an update when my laptop crashed.
It first crashed to desktop then to a black screen while running the fans at 100%. After waiting to see if anything would change I forcibly shut it down and restarted. However now when I try to enter my Luks encryption password it is rejected as invalid.

I’ve tried to boot via a USB but that also fails. Trying to run the verification test also results in failure despite it both passing and booting on another machine.
The error I receive when trying to test the drive is
Failed to start checkisomd5@dev-sda.service

Notable mentions from the journalctl include:

PNP 00:05: disabling [mem 0x0000000-0xcfffffff] because it overlaps 0000:00:02.0 BAR 9 [mem 0x00000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS
I804: Warning: Keylock active
device-mapper: core: CONFIG_IMA_DISABLE_HTABLE is disabled. Duplicate IMA measurements will not be recorded in the IMA log
Input ‘luks-cd2244fb-e8c2-4afb-ad92-84f8b86f7ec7’ is not an absolute file system path, escaping is likely not going to be reversible.
Libnfsidmap: Unable to determine the NFSv4 domain; Using ‘localdomain’ as the NFSv4 domain which means UIDs will be mapped to the ‘Nobody-User’ user defined in /etc/idmapd.conf
block nvme0n1: No UUID available providing old NGUID
Dependency failed for crypt setup.target - local encrypted volumes

I’d very much appreciate any help I can get.

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That suggests to me that you have a hardware problem.
First thing to check would be your RAM, which is going to be difficult as you cannot boot anything.

If you are able to remove and reinsert the DIMMs and NVME drive that might help if the issue is dirt in the connectors.

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No luck with just blowing it out. Gonna see if I can find a repair shop able to help narrow down the issue. I’ll order the new parts ahead of time anyway just incase.
Thanks for the help