Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:23:28 -0600 From: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com> To: "Axel Simon" <A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lockups Message-ID: <OE67LiHtRleY61Axn4T00010f43@hotmail.com> References: <OE227Kkibfmy43Q182H00002116@hotmail.com> <20030307180948.GU9989@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Axel Simon" <A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk> To: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:09 PM Subject: Re: lockups > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 11:44:31AM -0600, Brian Henning wrote: > > > > I may have a 40 conductor ribbon cable instead of an 80 pin cable. > > can this really cause this kind of problem or will the drive just run slower. > Booting should tell you that you're not running at full speed in that > case. > > > is there anything else that i can do to avoid these errors? > If the drive makes no clicking noises, then it is probably the cable or > software. A couple of people complained about Western Digital drives on > this list, especially with picky IBM hardware: They don't seem to > implement the faster specifications properly. Maybe you try using the > drive alone on a cable. > > If the drive makes clicking noises then it cannot move the head without > bumping into dirt particles on the drive's surface. This is a result of a > bad power supply or overheating. In both cases, safe you data and provide > proper ventilation to the drive and get a new one eventually. > > Hope this helps, > Axel. > Axel, Thanks for the input. The hard drive that i am using is the same one that i have used in my 333 celeron and i worked fine in that machine. The cable is the cable that i got with my motherboard. are there diagnositc tools to verify overheating or the power supply is bad? i have another hard drive that i can try in that machine. it is a maxtor 80 gig.. thanks, brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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