On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 04:37:08PM +0100, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: > I've had something very similar to this before. My HDD is > ``S.M.A.R.T.'' and it never warned me of immanent destruction so I was > very concerned. I asked around and was told ``before you go out and bu > a new disk, try wiggling the IDE cable around''. Of course I took this > with a pinch of salt but I did try it -- and it worked! > > As hard to believe as it is, something along the lines of ``chip-creep'' > appears to have happened to my IDE cable. Not two weeks after this, > someone else I knew had the same problem on their box! > > So, give it a go -- it might help.
Hadn't thought to check that out. Will do it. However, it seems odd that it would lose connection and then regain it again. I never so much as touched the case and it picked right back up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
