> 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
32Mb swap?!?! A lot of wasted space...
> 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!!
Do you hard disk support SMART technology?
> 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?
What if you turn on your computer in DOS mode?
>
> 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??
Only SMART technology can tell this....
> After all, it only started as an intermittent problem, now
> it occurs every time I use the Internet!
How are you connect to internet? Dial up, ISDN, ADSL
> And if it is a sign of
> hardware trouble, then why doesn't it happen to Linux????
Ask it to Bill... :-)))
Anyway problem could be power management on BIOS or Windows. Deactive both.
>
> Nick, A.K.A. Deerluvr
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 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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