[CUBE] Strange HD Problem

[Francisco Romero]

Thanks.

  The drive is most like dead, allright. Since I had the cube taken 
apart, I installed a 80 mm fan and the current goes all the way to the 
fan even when the HD starts acting up. The DC board supplies the 
constant 5 and 12 V, no flaws there.

I carbon copied my system to my Ipod and when I take out the HD from 
the IDE bus, everything works fine, including the CD-ROM that fails at 
the same time as the HD.

Well, time to switch to a 7200 80 GB Barracuda IV .

Regards,

Francisco Romero
Caracas, Venezuela

On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 02:30 America/Caracas, Trev Copland wrote:

> This doesn't sound like a power issue if everything else seems to 
> remain powered. It is likely that your three-ish year old hard drive 
> is failing - abnormal clicking is pretty simple to diagnose. Back your 
> data up, then back it up again. Make a backup of the backup. You can 
> get a large replacement drive on eBay pretty cheap (i got a 120 GB 
> Maxtor for $120). Be sure you get a 7200 RPM drive - your machine will 
> be noticeably faster than it is now. Furthermore, the silent beauty of 
> your cube has likely been overtaken by a semi-annoying whine from the 
> aging drive. A new hard drive will be whisper quiet.
>
> Now stop reading your email and back your hard drive up.
>
> www.trev.com
> Do it yourself tech support and essential tips from a Genius.
>
> On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 05:07 AM, Cube List wrote:
>
>> Hello all!
>>
>> Well, finally I think that my cube is giving up! I suspect that it is
>> the DC/DC Board.
>>
>> The problem is that most of the time, that hard drive (OEM Maxtor20 
>> GB)
>> and the CD ROM (OEM CD/DVD) will loose power suddenly, sometimes
>> recovering it after a series of clicks from the HD, but loosing it
>> again after few mins. It is like it goes to sleep, but just the 
>> drives.
>> I have checked the power gasket (it's OK) and it has a 15' apple
>> display which is working OK. I have opened it twice and reseated the
>> board both times, to no avail.
>>
>> Anyone has had this problem before? Where could I find a new DC board?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Francisco Romero
>
>
> www.trev.com
> Do it yourself tech support and essential tips from a Genius.
>
>
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