I had very similar problems with my HD. I think the reason was that I switched several times between IDE and AHCI mode in Bios. I've read somwher that this can lead to HD problems. So in the end I stayed in AHCI mode and after some days there were no more errors.
Greetings Klaus On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:20 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, regarding the reliability of my Timeline laptop: > > I own my 3810T since the 14th of July and tomorrow I am going to send it > to the Acer Service Center already for the second time. While at the first > time it was because the display backlight didn't turn on anymore (already > after 2 days), I am now not only affected by the > 3410/3810-microphone-cable-"voluntary safety recall" like many others > (see: http://bit.ly/fwUKR ) but I am also facing a harddisk malfunction > that frequently caused/causes severe file system errors (and subsequently > disables the harddisk while a both optically and functionally quite > trimmed Ubuntu keeps on running in a very spooky way) and/or doesn't let > me boot at all because there is "no bootable device -- insert boot disk > and press any key". > > Fortunately my dual-boot-Vista was so kind to not let me wait too long to > get blue-screened evidence that it is actually not an Ubuntu- or > Grub-related problem. > > I am still not sure whether it is because of a defective harddisk (maybe > even as a result of the overheating microphone cable which very closely > passes the HD?) or because the harddisk seems to be built in a little bit > loosely: when opening the HD-lid, I sometimes was able to observe a small > gap where the HD is connected to the bus. After pushing the HD towards the > connection and thereby closing this tiny gap I had the impression that it > took some time until the file system errors reoccurred. I am also under > the impression that the HD was usually disabled after carrying the laptop > around and once, when the system refused to boot for five consecutive > times, I just tried to fix it by shaking the laptop while tilting it to > the right side (in order to make the HD slide into the connector) and - at > the next attempt it booted. > > Did anyone have similar experiences? Hopefully not, this issue is really > getting tiring... > > @Nick Glynn: What exactly happend after your laptop began to fail to turn on? > > Cheers, > > Max > >> Just wondering how anyone else has found the reliability on this laptop. > I've >> just had to return mine after it began to fail to turn on before > eventually giving up all together. I know this isn't really a > Ubuntu/software thing > but >> these things all add up for those considering buying one as a Linux > laptop. _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
