Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:37:36 +1000 From: "Paul Fraser" <pfraser@gmail.com> To: "Dmitry Morozovsky" <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: Bruce M Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?S=C3=B8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help! My laptop drive may be dying. Message-ID: <f82eafcc0707221437v56b45fd9vfecf17e07c57051@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070723005933.Y51455@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <46A35EE6.6030902@incunabulum.net> <200707221437.l6MEbCCP039856@lava.sentex.ca> <20070723005933.Y51455@woozle.rinet.ru>
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> MT> Hi Bruce, > MT> These symptoms (the OS reporting errors, the drive saying all A-OK) > MT> remind me of a bad cable/connector. Have you tried a new cable ? > > Hmm, in a laptop? ;) I've had a similar problem with a Dell notebook. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the hard drive (in fact, nothing wrong with either of the two drives I've put in there) but it does appear the controller is rather broken. Since this started happening just out of warranty, it didn't seem worth the cost to repair it. Besides, since the notebook is typically sitting on a docking station, my better half doesn't mind booting FreeBSD by NFS. Perhaps not practical in your situation however. Of course, I did have the problem of having to pry the Vista license from her terrified hands at first... One other thing I will mention however, is the problems with this notebook got so severe that although symptoms were almost identical to yours at first, eventually even Windows refused to tolerate it any longer and packed it in. -- Regards, Paul Fraser // Independent Technical Consultant // Ph: +61 405 341 905 // furyc0de.net This correspondence and any related attachments are confidential. Distribution, reproduction, or release (public domain or otherwise) without the author's prior written consent is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. Failure to distribute any of the aforementioned without this footer (intact and unmodified) is also STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. Failure to abide by these terms and conditions can result in legal action. If you have received this correspondance in error, or believe any of these terms have been breached, you are requested to contact the author immediately and take steps to destroy all copies in your possession. PGP KeyID: 0x64E635B1 Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu:11371 Key fingerprint: CDA3 0797 68B9 0EC1 D4D3 A7B9 D7D7 4924 64E6 35B1
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