On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:40:17 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08/28/07 22:15, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently purchased a factory recertified Fantom Drives 120 GB USB > > drive. I have just begun to use it, and I'm experiencing major > > headaches. Every now and then (I don't see a triggering condition or > > chronological pattern, but I see the problem several times a day) the > > drive goes offline. Sometimes remounting fixes it, but at least twice > > (including the period after the second incident seen below in the log) > > it required power cycling. One of those times its status light went > > red; usually it stays its normal blue, including during and after the > > second incident below. I don't know much about HDDs; I'm including > > copious syslog extracts from the last couple of failures. > > Is this a hardware problem? Is there anything I can do? > > Seems to me you've got a bad drive. The red light is a bad sign. Usually it stays blue, but barring any other suggestions, I'm going to have to assume it's bad and see if I can RMA it. [snipped logs] > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
