On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, tal amir wrote:
> > 2. Overload of your computer's power supply, causing it to
> > supply reduced voltages to some peripherals, which causes
> > them to make too many soft errors?
>
> if so, why is it the only device affected ?
Random manufacturing variations, which cause some units to be more
sensitive than others?
> > 3. Somewhat defective ribbon, which causes the same result?
> >
> > Do you have a disk testing program suitable for your hard
> > disk, which would let you check the hard disk and see if it
> > has unusually high rate of soft errors (for IBM produced hard
> > disks, there is such a test program, which is provided together
> > with Disk Manager)?
>
> dont have.
> do you happen to remember what its called ? because i dont see anything at
> ibm's page.
Another idea - that particular disk may be having more than its share of
defective sectors. And recovery from soft errors takes some time. One
day it'll develop hard errors.
You said that your hard disk is Seagate ST330620A, so you should look for
test software in Seagate's Web site.
--- Omer
There is no IGLU Cabal. The hardware used by the former Cabal members was
overly sensitive to soft errors caused by alpha and gamma radiation.
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