Re: [H] Odd hard drive issue

2013-05-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 05:02 PM 28/05/2013, Tim Lider wrote: Hello Thane, I see this a lot. It could either be that it is taking longer to calibrate and go ready, if this is happening replace it quickly. Another thing is that the power supply is not powering the hard drive enough on the first boot after power

Re: [H] Odd hard drive issue

2013-05-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 04:10 PM 28/05/2013, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: Most new bios let you adjust the wait time for the drive to respond. Try increasing the time until it detects correctly each time. I had a SSD that used to do that and that's how I fixed it. If not that, drives probably going south. Hi Lopaka,

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2013-05-28 Thread Winterlight
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Re: [H] Odd hard drive issue

2013-05-28 Thread Tim Lider
Hello Thane, I see this a lot. It could either be that it is taking longer to calibrate and go ready, if this is happening replace it quickly. Another thing is that the power supply is not powering the hard drive enough on the first boot after power is turned on. This is one of the most problems

Re: [H] Odd hard drive issue

2013-05-28 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
Most new bios let you adjust the wait time for the drive to respond. Try increasing the time until it detects correctly each time. I had a SSD that used to do that and that's how I fixed it. If not that, drives probably going south. lopaka From: Thane Sherrin

[H] Odd hard drive issue

2013-05-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
I have a WD SATA drive that passes all SMART tests, and appears to work fine, but when I cold boot, it doesn't detect (and I get a boot disk error). If I immediately warm boot, it detects and boots up fine. It does this in two PCs, so it's the drive, not the machine. Any ideas? T

Re: [H] EGO! Smartmouse

2013-05-28 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Duncan, It seems like one of the main features of this mouse is to move it around between machines and workspaces. For all but home use, I'd lose that sucker. Frankly, I can't see my funding this device, but others may see the benefits. I've almost gotten rid of wireless mice anyway (except