[H] Re: svchost and network issues

Well after three complete wipes and reinstalls I finally figured out what was going on - sort of. Check out this post: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=628241 It seems that there exists a race condition with the Auto Update program where it will call svchost and ping the CPU at 100%

[H] Is this drive dying?

Check out this SMART data: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pIkHR2B_QrGWJ_R1O8OmRPw&output=html It's from a WD 80GB SATA2 drive I just purchased to replace one that was failing. I'm no expert but something is fishy. Either the drive is ready to drop dead any day now or the SMART data isn

Re: [H] Re: svchost and network issues

Hello Brian, Sunday, April 29, 2007, 10:24:01 AM, you wrote: > It seems that there exists a race condition with the Auto Update > program where it will call svchost and ping the CPU at 100% > indefinitely. There is a hotfix available: Glad I turn auto update off, right after I install. Weird

Re: [H] Is this drive dying?

Hello Brian, Sunday, April 29, 2007, 10:47:33 AM, you wrote: > Check out this SMART data: > http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pIkHR2B_QrGWJ_R1O8OmRPw&output=html > It's from a WD 80GB SATA2 drive I just purchased to replace one that > was failing. I'm no expert but something is fishy. Ei

Re: [H] Re: svchost and network issues

Ditto. First two things I do on any XP install are turn off auto update and change to Classic mode for the speed increase.. :) >>Hello Brian, >> >>Sunday, April 29, 2007, 10:24:01 AM, you wrote: >> >>> It seems that there exists a race condition with the Auto Update >>> program where it wil

Re: [H] Is this drive dying?

Pretty crappy seeing as how I just bought it. Oh well. -- Brian On 4/29/07, Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Brian, Sunday, April 29, 2007, 10:47:33 AM, you wrote: > Check out this SMART data: > http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pIkHR2B_QrGWJ_R1O8OmRPw&output=html > It's fro

Re[2]: [H] Is this drive dying?

Hello Brian, Sunday, April 29, 2007, 11:45:03 AM, you wrote: > Pretty crappy seeing as how I just bought it. Oh well. Yeah but that's happened to me a number of times, sometimes I wonder if they accidently package RMA'd drives or something. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' k