Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote:
> Weoh g wrote:
>> I dropped my x5 and now it has a new "feature". Whenever the x5 is
>> playing something(in rockbox or the original firmware), and the x5 is
>> turned face down, the music sort of pauses. The music will stop
>> playing, but there will still be sounds coming out, quiet pops and
>> clicks. If the x5 is returned facing up, the music continues from
>> where it "paused" before it was flipped.
>
> Wow! That was a new one. :-)
>
> Could it be that the hard drive has a mechanical failure?
>
> Linus
>
I'd tend to agree, sounds like the HD is locking up when upside down.
The clicks and pops are probably a) the head moving around and/or b) the
drive trying to restart itself. I had a _old_ desktop drive with a
similar issue, it would only run with the plater cover removed.

Jason
Received on 2008-03-19