Damn IBM
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Steve Hopkins wrote: I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. What case and PS [wattage] are you using?
"Isn't that the "write once, debug everywhere" language?" Tom Archer on Java... :)
Can't remember the brand names off the top of my head, but I went for 400W AMD approved supplies from the overclocking store in the UK. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
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I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. :mad: Cheers, Steve. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Steve Hopkins wrote: I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. What case and PS [wattage] are you using?
"Isn't that the "write once, debug everywhere" language?" Tom Archer on Java... :)
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Can't remember the brand names off the top of my head, but I went for 400W AMD approved supplies from the overclocking store in the UK. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Steve Hopkins wrote: Can't remember the brand names off the top of my head, but I went for 400W AMD approved supplies from the overclocking store in the UK. I thought it might be the PS... ONe of my HDD's got fired ages ago cause of a spike caused byt a problem with the PS.
"Isn't that the "write once, debug everywhere" language?" Tom Archer on Java... :)
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I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. :mad: Cheers, Steve. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Time for a karma check eh?
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I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. :mad: Cheers, Steve. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
i would give serious look at the power supply. Make sure you have enough wattage to cover all your components. The sister of a friend of mine had a computer that had really weird things happening to it including destroyed harddrives and it actually came from underpowering the harddrives. hope you figure something out. i know how fustrating it can be. Joseph Dempsey joseph_r_dempsey@yahoo.com Joseph.Dempsey@thermobio.com "Software Engineering is a race between the programmers, trying to make bigger and better fool-proof software, and the universe trying to make bigger fools. So far the Universe in winning." --anonymous
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I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. :mad: Cheers, Steve. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Make sure there's enough ventalation around the drives to keep them cool.
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I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. :mad: Cheers, Steve. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Make sure the fans are working properly too... :)
"Isn't that the "write once, debug everywhere" language?" Tom Archer on Java... :)
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Make sure there's enough ventalation around the drives to keep them cool.
Yes. Temp is the worst killer of harddrives. Then probably the motor failing to spin up. Also it is good to have the drive mounted so that you minimize vibrations. John
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I have just lost my second IBM 60GXP Deathstar in 4 months!!! That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. :mad: Cheers, Steve. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Steve Hopkins wrote: That makes 3 HD's gone in 4 months(2 Deathstars and a Western Digital). I can't beleive I am that unlucky, is there anything hardware wise that is srewing my disks in? My HW is not as hot as my SW skills. I've heard bad things about some of the IBM drives. They seem to have a higher than average defect percentage. I don't see how your hardware could be screwing up the disk, unless the controller firmware has some kind of glitch. I would check to make sure you have to latest BIOS for your motherboard/IDE controller. -- Dana Holt Xenos Software
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Can't remember the brand names off the top of my head, but I went for 400W AMD approved supplies from the overclocking store in the UK. if(E_NOINTERFACE == pThat->QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown,(void**)&pUnk)) { // I aint no pUnk bitch! }
Lossing that many drives is definitly above average and unless you have a rediculus amount of hardware in the box a approved 400 Watt should be plenty. I have a 300W in one machine and a 350 in a second with only losing one Maxtor in the last 4 or 5 years. So I would suspect your enviroment. Can you check your voltage coming in? Is there anything that is preventing circulation in and around the case? I have one friend who has lost 2 drives and one CPU this year. I finally checked the voltage coming in and it was 132.5 volts (vs 120 base for the US.) With no UPS (which may not have handled that big an overage) the powersupply jsut could not adjust. One item that may help is assuming it is not too old of a board some diagnostics will display temperature of the system (sandra "http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra" is one) Good luck To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli