From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 7 10:25:52 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C5A37B401 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:25:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (oe67.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.18.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FF4543FE1 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:25:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from b1henning@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:25:46 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [192.216.212.193] From: "Brian Henning" To: "Axel Simon" Cc: References: <20030307180948.GU9989@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> Subject: Re: lockups Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:23:28 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Mar 2003 18:25:46.0179 (UTC) FILETIME=[F86C8130:01C2E4D6] Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Axel Simon" To: "Brian Henning" Cc: 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