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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, John Jason Jordan wrote:
I had similar problems a while back. I had very poor disk write performance
and I noticed the disk failed SMART tests more and more often. I put an old
10GB 2.5" disk in it and had no problems so the decision to get a disk
upgrade was easy for me.
I use my 3320CA every day (and have since I got it almost 3 years ago),
and the only "bad design" I notice is the battery - mine died after less
than 2 years, and the only other problem I've ever had (and it re-occurs
periodically) is that the screen sometimes goes black until I multi-toggle
the screen-turnoff "pin" that the lid hits when it closes. Dirty, I guess.
I changed the original HDD for a 160 GB 2 1/2" I got from RBComputing
(local retailer here in Ottawa, Canada) simply because I needed more drive
space. I put the old one in a 2 1/2" USB enclosure and use it
periodically for extra storage.
Ever since I bought my R3240US brand new 2.5 years ago I have had
recurring problems with corrupted data. Eventually I discovered that
the problem was the connector on the bottom of the motherboard. The
connector on the hard disk that came with the computer (60 GB, 4200
RPM) did not mesh tightly with the connector on the motherboard. This
was due to just plain rotten design.
I've experienced nothing of the sort - maybe you got a "Monday Machine"?
My R3240 served me reasonably well, but I am not impressed with the
quality of the design or components. I will never buy another HP
laptop. As soon as I get around to it I am going to put the old
original 60 GB drive back into the R3240 and donate it to a local Linux
group. I have a USB enclosure that I can use for the 80 GB drive, which
I will then use as a backup medium or something. I have a couple extra
batteries and an extra power brick that I'll offer here or put on eBay,
since the Linux group won't need them.
When you do, I'll be in touch to get them. ;-) I don't see me upgrading
my machine in the forseeable future as I'm quite pleased with it.
Everything works for me, except the SD/etc card reader, which I don't need
so I've not bothered to install the ndiswrapper kludge that's now
apparently available.
Running 64-bit Debian Etch, with a full Slackware-11.0 32-bit chroot,
dual-booting into Microsoft Windows XP Home (to play games with).
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Derek T. Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Night Tiger Inc. Kanata, Ontario, Canada
System Administration/Network Security GPG key at www.NightTiger.ca
"The answer *is* computers. What's your _question_?"
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