From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 31 10:17: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49EB37B400 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:17:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from quicksilver.ukc.ac.uk (quicksilver.ukc.ac.uk [129.12.21.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D88A43E5E for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk) Received: from myrtle.ukc.ac.uk ([129.12.3.176] ident=root) by quicksilver.ukc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #4) id 17Zx2o-0001Vb-00; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:13:54 +0100 Received: from as49 by myrtle.ukc.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17Zx5M-0006q6-00; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:16:32 +0100 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:16:32 +0100 From: Axel Simon To: Joe & Fhe Barbish Cc: Axel Simon , FBSDQ Subject: Re: Harddisk damage by driver? Message-ID: <20020731171632.GQ17211@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> References: <20020731101502.GE17211@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-UKC-Mail-System: No virus detected Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 11:11:23AM -0400, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > Replace the PC's power supply. It is not providing the correct power > level to the Hard drives and they are not spinning fast enough to keep > the heads off the platter's surface causing the recording media to be > worn off giving r/w errors. How did you verify that the power supply was the source of the problem? Did you just replace it with a stronger one and it worked or did you monitor the voltage levels? Axel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message