From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 10 6:51:39 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 BCD0637B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:51:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from greendale.ukc.ac.uk (greendale.ukc.ac.uk [129.12.21.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B32D543F5B for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:51:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk) Received: from myrtle.ukc.ac.uk ([129.12.3.176] ident=root) by greendale.ukc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #4) id 18X0VG-0007ls-00; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:51:22 +0000 Received: from as49 by myrtle.ukc.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18X0VF-0007Un-00; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:51:21 +0000 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:51:21 +0000 From: Axel Simon To: Keith Mitchell Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA problems (still) Message-ID: <20030110145121.GE16712@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> References: <20030110142540.GA1179@weenix.guru.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030110142540.GA1179@weenix.guru.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-UKC-Mail-System: No virus detected 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 Hi Keith, the only thing that comes to my mind is overheating. Bad cables would probably result in more warnings before the controller does the reset. Does the hard drive make loud clicking sounds before the system hangs? If you don't know, maybe you put a fan in for 2 weeks... Heat killed 4 harddrives in my computer. The WD one is the one that works. Axel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message