Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Breheny [SMTP:shb7@CORNELL.EDU]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:39 PM
> > To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject:      [OT]: Double HD failure
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a computer that had two Maxtor drives (a 60GB 5T060H6 and an 80GB
> > 98196h8, both IDE Ultra ATA/100s) fail at the same time (or close to the
> > same
> > time). One of them is making clicking sounds often while running and the
> > other makes no strange noises but neither gets recognized on that
> > computer or on any other I've tried. They were both on the same IDE
> > interface card (a Promise Technology ULTRA ATA/100 card, which was
> > necessary because this is a server and has no built-in IDE interface),
> > but they were both masters on separate connectors on the card (primary
> > and secondary).
> >
> > They were only about 1.5 years old and worked fine up until recently.
> > I've had very good luck with Maxtors in general, and I've NEVER had two
> > HDs die at the same time.
>

    Is you hard disk running at 7200 rpm? Just a hunch.


> >
> > Any ideas what might have happened?
> >
> Vibration, excessive heat and excessive voltage seem to be the favorite hard
> drive killers.  May be an idea to check the PSU regulation, I had to fix a
> PC in which components kept dying mysteriously and it turned out to be the
> cheapo PSU.
>
> Pretty bad luck having two go down though, and I have always had good
> experiences with Maxtors.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
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