Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:09:48 +0000 From: Axel Simon <A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk> To: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lockups Message-ID: <20030307180948.GU9989@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <OE227Kkibfmy43Q182H00002116@hotmail.com> References: <OE227Kkibfmy43Q182H00002116@hotmail.com>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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