----- Original Message ----- From: NiteOwl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gated.redhat-list To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:05 AM Subject: Strange hard disk problem.
> Hello all. > > I have a strange problem with RH7.3 and my hard disks: When I power-off the > system hard disks emit a strange sound (It seems like some kind of "brake" is > in action =:/ ): I think this is the same sound that was hearable on some HDs > on old AT systems, when powered off. > > I recently swapped my old Gigabyte motherboard with a new, practically > identical, Soltek one to avoid some minor glitches affecting the former. I > left unchanged my old RH7.3 installation as well as all the HW setup I had > with the old motherboard. The system works perfectly... Except the strange > sound. ;( > > When I shutdown the PC all HDs are turned off before powering down the > system, this worked perfectly with the old motherboard as the disks emitted > no sound when powered off, but this does not occur with the new one. > > I think that the halt procedure is run "too fast" with the new motherboard. > HDs are not powered off properly before the motherboard turns off, so this > hardware "brake" is started by hard disks thus emitting the strange sound: > I tried to halt the system without powering off the motherboard. The hard > disks are powerd off properly and emit no sound at all. Than I can power off > the PC manually and all goes well. > > What do you think of this "problem"? Is my diagnose correct? > > If I am right, is there a way to slow down the halting procedure just a bit, > to permit HDs to shutdown properly? > > regards, > > --Tony > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
