On Friday 04 June 2004 21:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: >On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 20:01, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 03 June 2004 21:57, Ow Mun Heng wrote: [...] >> On other mailing lists, from people at the drive makers. Also, >> I'm a C.E.T., FWTW (not a lot, it just shows I'm more hardware >> than most). > >What's C.E.T?? Certified Electronics Technician. Its a nationally based certification program here in the states, run by an organsition called ISCET and in some states (California comes to mind) one must be one in order to get a business license to repair tv's and such. In this case first registered in Nebraska as #118 back in 1972. The test is a fairly complete one, far surpassing technically, the old FCC 1st Phone test, which I have been also since back in the early 60's. Yeah, I'm an old fart, I'll be 70 in October. That, and a buck, will get you a cuppa coffee in most smaller town greasy spoons. :-) > >> >BTW, this is a laptop 5400rpm drive. It has got NO place to go >> > with better cooling. :( >> >> Ouch, so you haven't a really hot drive, 5400's weren't normally >> that hot running, but one that isn't well enough cooled, or is >> possibly on its way out. :( > >It's less than a 1+ month old. It's 80GB choke full. > >Man.. Don't crash.. but the smart and stuffs says it's OK > >> What happens if you prop it up for a couple of inches worth of air >> under it? Lots of those things sit right down on the table, as if >> they're trying to use the table for a heat sink. Wood and similar >> stuff isn't so good at that :) > >Actually, usually the prob will go away once I restart. > >I've not idea if it'll also happen in Windows. I rarely Boot XP and > when even if I do, I've not idea what to do to heat it up.. > >I can't (or rather, don't dare) go internet on XP. It's SO... > outdated.. (patch wise) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.23% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
