fred_the_fish Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Its not strictly a Mandrake issue this, but does anyone have any experience of Diamond Max +8 drives? Mine this morning decided to stop working (BIG problem as it contains the linux boot etc...) I downloaded maxtors powerMax, and it reported that the SMART failed, but couldn't get any further through tests than that - when it tried to fix the error, it reported passed, but then rescaning it picked the error up again. I was in the process of filling out a ROM (or whatever its called :P), when I found I needed something from the drive, so I turned off the machine, and rebooted, and strangley, after refusing to be deteted by any other pc (read 5 others..) it now works again??!! I am currently in a hasty back-up process - thank the lawrd I have a DVD burner :D... but if anyone has any ideas as to what is wrong so I can possibly fix it, rather than send it back to maxtor - cause I will loose my linux and have to rely on windows until they send a replacement... :*( Steps I've taken : - tried different UDMA cables... - tried different power cables... - tried different jumper positions... - tried the drive in different pc's... - run Maxtor's PowerMax... - tells me that the file read has failed, and that SMART is broken... - offers to fix SMART, but repair fails I plug it in again this evening and it works again? - obviously, I'm not guaranteeing to myself that it will continue to work, so a hasty databack-up is being done.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 It is either a chip failure (SMART) or it could also be a hardware failure. My gut guess is hardware, because it seems to do better after being cooled and bumped a bit. Replace it. If you run into trouble with errors while getting your data, put it in a ziploc bag and freeze it overnight. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 I have used PowerMax successfully a few times now, but have always gotten the "success" message afterwards. I would not trust storing any data on that drive and would feel better getting the replacement. I love that freezer trick... yes, it's for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_the_fish Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 LOL. Fair play. :D As I said, its working again at the moment, but no mission critical work is being held on it... and hopefully Maxtor are in the process of sending a new one out... odd that it works every now and then tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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