Bill, I recall a widespread problem with the original drive on the C500/600
machines, where problems would occur as the drive filled up. I don't have
all the details fresh in my mind but I seem to recall that the drives were
Western Digital 2 gig IDE drives. The bad blocks, the type 10 errors, and
that repair utilities, running for hours, but not being able to fix the
drive are exactly what I recall. And in the end, a replacement drive is the
only remedy. I've heard people refer to those drives as faulty, but at the
very least they were notorious for doing what you've described. People have
reported running utility after utility (FWB, Norton, etc) for hours without
success on those WD drives. They couldn't remap the bad blocks.
Personally, I would back up as much as possible and get a new IDE drive
installed as soon as possible. You may find that the other problems, ADB &
otherwise will disappear, but at the very least you'll be able to
troubleshoot them knowing that your new drive is fine. Your problem is a
mirror image of many other C600 owners stories concerning the original
drives.
-Howie
on 7/16/01 2:30 PM, Bill Spornitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> ADB problems perhaps? If you're using an S900 you have two ADB ports. Try
>> them both and try another keyboard after double checking you ADB cable
>> connections/mouse connections. Just a reminder... never plug/unplug ADB
>> devices with the machine running. (sorry if that's obvious)
>
> c600 - only one port. What kinds of problems can I have with ADB and
> are they software (driver) problems?
>
>> When are those 'type10' errors appearing, what program usually?
>
> Photoshop, Eudora, netscape, ie
>
>> Do you get
>> the same keyboard symptoms if you boot with extensions off?
>
> Not sure... I'll try.
>
>> Can you boot
>> from an external drive and thoroughly check the main drive for file
>> corruption, directory problems, and viruses?
>
> Yes, and this is why i say it may be the drive. I have bad blocks,
> but when I run Norton it takes hours, apparently fixes things, but
> then won't optimize because it says *bad blocks* ;-<
>
> Also, the only major change I've made (besides reinstalling the
> system) is the addition of DSL and the Enternet software associated...
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