sata_nv OK in f10?
Kevin J. Cummings
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Wed Dec 10 15:34:02 UTC 2008
Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 19:35 -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>> I don't know if its the disk, the system's power supply, or the
>> chipset. But I *have* lost 2 other HDs in the same machine (120GB and
>> 40GB)
>
> Or crap disc drives? I won't touch western digital drives, any more.
> I've had several of them die with a very short life span, in several
> different computers.
These are all Maxtors which have died or are dying. My WD SATAs are
just fine.
> Overheating is also a problem, some of them get damn hot, and start
> behaving badly. Putting a fan in front of the drives in one of my
> systems solved random computer stuff-ups.
I have a case fan blowing over all of my hard drives. It could still be
heat, but the SMART stuff isn't user friendly enough to say *why* the
SMART test is failing.
> But if you have a drive killing system, I'd try and find the cause,
> rather than just put up with it.
I wish the system would just TELL me what's wrong, other than just
something's wrong. sigh
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Kevin J. Cummings
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