On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 11:34 +0100, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > Dear All, > > My 12" PowerBook, bought in may 2004 with a 60Gb hard disk, is mostly > running Linux/Debian/Sid with self-compiled kernel 2.6.10 with > powermanagement & lid management patches (I'm booting MacOSX only for > Wifi and -very rarely [did it 2 times]- for watching DVDs) and its > hard disk is dying. I use it mostly with the cover closed, thru ssh, > using the AC power supply. But I do carry it and use it on batteries > when needed...
I never use mines with the lid closed, I don't trust the thermal cooling enough in that case. Also, MacOS X has aggressive thermal control, ramping down the CPU freq when the machine overheats, etc..., while I think we have quite dumber one. > Does the power management of Linux (which did make a progress lately) > has a practical influence on hard disk reliability. I think that > having the hard disk failing after 9 months is disappointing. Was the hard disk overheating ? It may just be a bad HD, that happens. I have a long experience of Mac laptops, and have had several cases of HD failing before a full year. > I intend to replace the hard disk with something a bit better (80Gb, > 5400RPM), like eg a 80Gb hard disk 5400RPM eg Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 > 80 Go 2"1/2 5400 RPM 8 Mb/cache or Samsung MP0804H. Is it a reasonable > choice (notably in terms of reliability & power consumption). > > Do you have hints or advice (eg good models or horror stories) for > changing the hard disk? Just be extra careful with those flat connectors... Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
