Hugo Mills wrote:
[snip]
You can see all sorts of interesting things here which can easily be
used to warn on pending failure of a drive.
It's not actually a very good guide to failure. The figures I've
seen quoted from NetApp are that SMART data will only give you warning
2009/7/20 Stephen Rowles step...@rowles.org.uk:
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
I think people don't seem to realize that HDs have very low resistance
to shock while switched on, and this is the main cause of HD failures.
Most (all?) modern HDDs have a whole raft of sensors and store life time
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
None of the above smart parameters give any indication from the
accelerometers.
So, one has no way of telling if shock was a contributing factor to
the HD failure.
It would be nice to see smart stats saying, we got this much shock
before we managed to park the
Hi All
I am planning to print it out. I have access to an A0 printer. I can also
get print pictures up to B0 laminated cost £5.
Unfortunately Media Workshop is shut until September. It is only open doing
school term time.
If anyone wants laminated prints of http://tinyurl.com/lf3dqb let me
Hi
It would be nice to see smart stats saying, we got this much shock
before we managed to park the heads.
As far as I can see this is non statement. What shock is needed for the disk
data reader to touch the spinning disk. If this shock occurs there is no time
to do any disk parking.
On Sunday 19 Jul 2009, Philip Stubbs wrote:
snip
An example. Vacuum cleaners used to be rated only in watts. If you
wanted a vacuum cleaner with lots of suck, you bought one that
consumed the most watts. However, the way the watts are calculated
were standardized. Run the vacuum in free air
Hi all
I'm having a power problem with the wife's laptop. I'll keep this as short as
I can... In chronological order
* Laptop was working fine
* Wife spills liquid in it and it appears to die. We leave it 12 hours
* Laptop comes back to life - no problems
* Then (months later) it refuses to
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:40 +0100, xendis...@gmx.com said:
FWIW I've tried plugging it in with the battery
completely removed - no dice.
.
.
Will it run on mains if you remove the battery??
I think the answer's in the question.
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On Monday 20 July 2009 21:44:05 Keith Edmunds wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:40 +0100, xendis...@gmx.com said:
FWIW I've tried plugging it in with the battery
completely removed - no dice.
.
.
Will it run on mains if you remove the battery??
I think the answer's in the question.
Hello,
I work in a computer workshop and often get PCs in with weird windows install
problems.
I was thinking if someone could suggest a LiveCD distribution that has a good
reputation for a wide range of device detection. Then i would have a
cd that could
proove that the hardware was working
trotter wrote:
Hello,
I work in a computer workshop and often get PCs in with weird windows install
problems.
I was thinking if someone could suggest a LiveCD distribution that has a good
reputation for a wide range of device detection. Then i would have a
cd that could
proove that the
On Monday 20 July 2009 23:05:47 James Ashburner wrote:
trotter wrote:
Hello,
I work in a computer workshop and often get PCs in with weird windows
install problems.
I was thinking if someone could suggest a LiveCD distribution that has a
good reputation for a wide range of device
At 23:16 20/07/2009, you wrote:
On Monday 20 July 2009 23:05:47 James Ashburner wrote:
trotter wrote:
Hello,
I work in a computer workshop and often get PCs in with weird windows
install problems.
I was thinking if someone could suggest a LiveCD distribution that has a
good
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