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1 total messages Started by robin Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00
Re: IBM IDE drive problem
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Author: robin
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00
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ih8.spam@dont.try.it (Michael Block) writes: > I have cloned my warp installation from a 2GB IBM IDE drive to a 6.3GB
> drive. Recently I have had an intermittant problem (the worst kind!) 
> Every once in a while when I log onto my E (data) partition I get a 
> sudden high pitched noise from the computer box itself. The CPU meter 
> goes up to about 50% (an AMD K6 233) everything predictably runs very 
> slowly, and I am unable to display the drive contents with any GUI 
> based viewer (Object Navigator, Warpcentre) A commandline dir command 
> will display the partition contents normally. The only way to return 
> things to normal is to reboot. Anyone know what is happening? Perhaps 
> coincidentally I have begun getting a trap d from running fdisk too.

Here are some guesses:

The disc is faulty.

There is a bad power supply connection to the disc.
   (Try removing and re-connect the power supply cable.)

See if you can determine which component the noise is coming from
(maybe it's not the disc after all--could be the fan?).

> Regards
> 
> Michael Block
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