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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re[2]: Possible disk problemRe[2]: Possible disk problem
From: RudiS <mailmetorudiS_at_gmx.ch>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 21:31:21 +0200 Hallo [IDC]Dragon, I would recommend to do the same way like Jörg described. After switching on the disk must spin up, you can hear it. Once I had a notebook HD with the same symptoms, it was a IBM Travelstar. I had by chance the same one in another notebook, so I tried to change the electronic board of the disk, and it worked. With a special torx tool you can remove the electronic board without damaging the harddisk itself. So you can save your data. I was very happy, because I had my backup at home..... and I was in ASIA :-) RudiS Am Mittwoch, 5. Mai 2004 um 07:51 schrieben Sie: >> A progress bar is in the middle of the screen and it goes about >> half way then stops. I hear a clicking for a while then the >> clicking stops. I don't hear the drive spin up. There is no >> error message. It just hangs with the progress bar about half >> way across the screen. The green and red LED both come on at >> power up then the green LED stays on. >> >> Is the drive suppose to spin up when the power is first turned >> on or sometime after that first screen and progress bar? ID> Yes, the drive should spin up immediately. >> I don't think it's a battery problem because I took them out and >> used a regulated power supply in their place. >> If it is a drive problem, is there a way to test it? ID> You could take the disk out and try it on an IDE or USB adapter. Or whatever ID> you find to plug it to. It's a standard 2.5" notebook drive. >> If it is a dead drive, what is the best replacement for it? ID> My personal recommendation is Fujitsu, when I was shopping for a 60 GB drive ID> a good year ago those were the most quiet and also have low power ID> consumption. Big difference to the stock Hitachi drive, which I can hear ID> clicking all the way across the room. Two friends have Toshiba, which is ID> also significantly more noisy, but their new 100 GB drive may be different. ID> The Fujitsu is barely audible. ID> Jörg -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen RudiS mailto:mailmetorudiS_at_gmx.ch _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-05-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |