[ale] suddenly finding computer 'seized-up'....ATTN:DowHurst-2

[Courtney Thomas]

Jeff,

Thanks for the reply.

I replaced the Promise card this AM with a Maxtor of the same type and am
still gettin' the same disk errors. I guess it's the HD.

Courtney

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Hubbs" <hbbs at comcast.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] suddenly finding computer 'seized-up'....ATTN:DowHurst-2


>
> >The box is a few years old, runs about 900 mhz, has about 320MB ram and
has
> >a 200GB drive which is not run from the onboard sockets but as a
pseudo-scsi
> >connection from a Promise card. When I tried to switch it to the
motherboard
> >sockets I got even more errors so I'm assuming it's the HD, a Seagate
that
> >has about 5 more yrs. warranty.
> >
> If the Promise card is a bad actor, i.e., it's not failing but what it
> does is improper, then it may be horking up the filesystem - and the
> horking would persist or could even worsen if you connected the drive to
> an onboard controller.  Before going through the drive RMA hassle, why
> don't you leave it connected to the onboard controller and give it a
> good pounding first?
>
> Jeff
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