I have a new 300MHz AMD-K6/2 3DNOW! computer with an 8.4GB Maxtor hard
drive (I built it myself) and I need help! I know this computer doesn't
fit the requirements for a SurvPC (I DO have a SurvPC, and old Laptop with
1MB of RAM! I'm still able to be a member, lol), but this computer has
a problem similar to an old XT that one of you has had problems with:
* This computer has Red Hat Linux 6.1 on it (on a 4GB partition on the
"problem" HDD with a 32MB swap on a second 125MB HDD), and has NO problems!
* The PROBLEM is on the 2GB WIN98 partition (SAME problem HDD!). Soon
after connecting to the Internet, the 8.4GB Hard Drive, LOCK'S it's HEADS!!
I mean the thing actually goes "CLANK" and locks up the machine totally!
The platters continue to spin, because I can still hear them whirr.
I have to press "RESET" and if I load windows, it happens again, only
sooner! (ONLY when I connect to the Internet!) Weird, huh?
It also "clanked" and locked its heads 2 times today! Once when I was
writing this message to you! Is this the sign of future hardware
problems?? After all, it only started as an intermittent problem, now
it occurs every time I use the Internet! And if it is a sign of
hardware trouble, then why doesn't it happen to Linux????
Nick, A.K.A. Deerluvr
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P.S. It locked up today just by leaving it alone for 45 minutes!
(Similar to the old IBM XT with the "102" error!)
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