I have a 550-watt p/s, and the case has plenty of fans -- and this is 
the only one of the four drives that's giving trouble.

-=-
Alan

On 02/07/08 01:23 am Franklin wrote:

> Last time I had a "failing HD" like that it was due to
inadequate power
> supply. I added in a Maxtor that ECS failed on also, yet checked OK
> with diagnostic software. Computer also ran real hot. Added 120 watts
> more power with new power supply, all problems stopped, computer ran
> much cooler.
> 
> Franklin
> 
> --- Alan Beagley  wrote:
> 
>> It seems that my 73GB Seagate SCSI drive (still in warranty) is
>> dying, but
>>
>> (a) the BIOS Verify utility says it is fine;
>>
>> (b) dfSee detects multiple write errors on *some* partitions;
>>
>> (c) under eCS some write operations fail on partitions that dfSee
>> finds 
>> to be error free.
>>
>> Why the discrepancy?




 
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