From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 31 8:27:37 2002 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 E683C37B400; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:27:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from devonshire.cnchost.com (devonshire.concentric.net [207.155.248.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651DF43E67; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:27:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bakul@bitblocks.com) Received: from bitblocks.com (adsl-209-204-185-216.sonic.net [209.204.185.216]) by devonshire.cnchost.com id LAA04565; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:27:06 -0400 (EDT) [ConcentricHost SMTP Relay 1.14] Message-ID: <200207311527.LAA04565@devonshire.cnchost.com> To: Axel Simon Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Harddisk damage by driver? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:15:02 BST." <20020731101502.GE17211@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:27:05 -0700 From: Bakul Shah 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 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