On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:32 -0300, Mariano López Reta wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:27 -0300, Mariano López Reta wrote: > > > Hmmmm, interesting. Then, I would say that the problem concentrates on > > the controller or the drives, since you have other disks (I'm assuming > > same make/model here), that has not failed. Do you have other machine > > were you can check if the drive respond or if it went bad definitely? If > > it is physically damaged, then I would say that the problem is almost > > surely on the drive itself. If some (or most or all) of the errors can > > be corrected using other controller/motherboard, then the fault is on > > the electronics. > > > One more thing I forgot: > > The power supply theory is very plausible, also. To check if it's OK, > you measure all four cables on any peripheral connector, to check for > +5, -5, and +12. Of course you'll not remain looking at your voltmeter > for a week, so if they measure OK when you check, and the failure is > random, you'll have to try to change the (complete) power supply. They > are a cheap part (around 50 bucks for a nice quality one). So try that > and if the problem does not go away, then there's nothing else to put > suspicions on. Just blame the drives. > > Hope this helps, What size power supply does the system have? How many harddrives and other things do you have connected to it?
