On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 11:43 +0100, Rolf Gerrits wrote: > My harddisk says "klick" ( parking I presume ) for no apparent reason ( > that I can think of ) and my freezes or reboots. > I cannot find any hints in the logfiles what causes this. > > I need some hints / suggestions where to look / test I can do / .... > before I buy a new harddisk. > .... I am going nuts with this.... > > Info: > 1. just my desktop ( gnome ) will crash after 1-2 days > 2. if I reset - due to a freeze - sometimes the harddisk says "click" > BEFORE Grub starts (sits on MBR) . > 3. This started after I installed GKrellM (could be a coincedent) .... > removing GKrellM did not solve anything (maybe broke something ? ) > 4. I removed "hddtemp" and "cpufreq" services ( the latter won't work > for my hardware anyway ... so it says ) > 5. I have removed some corrupted files and my harddisks are free of > badbloks or things like that. > > HELP !! > With all due respect to others on this thread, this has nothing to do with a power supply problem. This is the classic sound of a hard drive that is getting ready to fail. You need to back your data up and get it moved to a new drive. LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Off Topic or Political Discussions: http://mandrakeot.mdw1982.com/ http://www.mdw1982.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrakeot "Character is what you do when nobody's looking." - J.C. Watts °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°