Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-23 Thread Mark Terribile
[Joey Mingrone] > I don't think the problem is with the drive itself overheating ... > ... I tried the touch-test ... and the drive seems warm, but ... not hot. > ... the front case fan is doing a pretty good job. ... there was a > pretty good breeze blowing right around the drive itself. Two

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-23 Thread Joey Mingrone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, Thanks for the tips. I don't think the problem is with the drive itself overheating for the following reasons: First, I tried the touch-test you suggested and the drive seems warm, but definitely not hot. Second, I think the front case fan

Starting a new thread (was Re: drive / IDE controller questions)

2004-03-19 Thread Parv
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Joey Mingrone thusly... > > On March 19, 2004 18:37, Parv wrote: > > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > wrote Joey Mingrone thusly... > > > > > I've been having problems with my western digital drive > > > > What that has to do w/ the thread discussing wget &

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Mark Terribile
[Jerry McAllister] >[Joey Mingone] >> [Jerry McAllister] >>> Another early guess might also be overheating problems. I am not sure >>> how you would check other than trying to make it cooler. >> Could be.. although I have almost always had the case open and I have >> two case fans. The CPU temp

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Joey Mingrone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 19, 2004 18:37, Parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > wrote Joey Mingrone thusly... > > > I've been having problems with my western digital drive > > (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=24) for about a > > year. > >

drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Mark Terribile
[Jerry McAllister writes] > {Joey Mingrone writes] >> I've been having problems with my western digital drive ... >> The problem started out when I would randomly hear the drive restarting. It >> would make a high pitch sound... (The same sound the drive makes when you >> power on the system).

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Parv
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Joey Mingrone thusly... > > I've been having problems with my western digital drive > (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=24) for about a year. What that has to do w/ the thread discussing wget & proxy problem? Above message was a *reply* t

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Another early guess might also be overheating problems. I am not sure how > > you would check other than trying to make it cooler. > > > > jerry > > > > > > Could be.. although I have almost always had the case open and I ha

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Joey Mingrone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > Another early guess might also be overheating problems. I am not sure how > you would check other than trying to make it cooler. > > jerry > Could be.. although I have almost always had the case open and I have two case fans. The CPU tem

Re: drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hi, > > I've been having problems with my western digital drive > (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=24) for about a year. > I've posted messages about this before, but I have some new information that > may be relevant. > > The problem started out when I would random

drive / IDE controller questions

2004-03-19 Thread Joey Mingrone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I've been having problems with my western digital drive (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=24) for about a year. I've posted messages about this before, but I have some new information that may be relevant. The problem sta