Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:39:04 -0700 From: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com> To: "Axel Simon" <A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk>, "Bakul Shah" <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Harddisk damage by driver? Message-ID: <004c01c238a8$7e8d0ef0$5cab3a40@vizion2000.net> References: <200207311527.LAA04565@devonshire.cnchost.com>
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I would agree the problem is likely to be electrical/mechanical and the most likely cause is overheating. Your experience with the drive that came up after some time does point to overheating. However you might want to rule out a mal-functioning power supply unit which could cause similar symptoms. This is unlikely but possible. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bakul Shah" <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: "Axel Simon" <A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Harddisk damage by driver? > The fack that all the drives die makes me think may be your > puter is not properly ventilated and the hard disks get very > hot. You may have had very bad luck with all the drives but > that is not very likely. A bad cable would give you > read/write errors but it won't make your disk make loud > repetitive clicking noises! A FreeBSD driver can not be at > fault either with modern IDE or SCSI drives. > > See if the disks get very hot and if so, see if keeping the > box open and pointing a big fan at the disks make the errors > go away. If the heat is a problem, you can do a number of > things to keep good air flow around disks. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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