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From: jfroche on 10 Aug 2006 14:09 Mike T. wrote: > <jfroche(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1155229294.742549.249470(a)q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com... > >I just put an Enermax Liberty PSU into my PC (AMD Duron, ECS K7S5A MB, > > 1GB RAM) and next day started getting SMART error warnings from the > > BIOS on boot up. Luckily everything is backed up but I'm wondering is > > this just a coincidence? The drive is a Samsung SP1203N and is 3 years > > old. > > > > What prompted you to change the power supply? Certain mainboard problems > can mimic bad power supplies, and the fact that it's an ECS board makes it > very likely that you will have mainboard problems eventually, if you don't > already. Also, if you are receiving SMART error warnings, that error is > just as likely to be related to the mainboard as to the hard drive. > > I'm not saying your hard drive is OK, but I'd try it on a different > mainboard before calling it bad. -Dave The existing PSU was a cheap unit and had become very noisy. I took the opportunity to install a quieter and more efficient unit and also to give me some upgrade possibilities later on. Your comments about the ECS resonate with me as I have never been entirely happy with this board and have suspected it may be the cause of some start-up difficulties and wi-fi problems I've had. I'll take your advice and post back the results. Thanks. Jim
From: jfroche on 12 Aug 2006 20:02 Mike T. wrote: > <jfroche(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1155229294.742549.249470(a)q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com... > >I just put an Enermax Liberty PSU into my PC (AMD Duron, ECS K7S5A MB, > > 1GB RAM) and next day started getting SMART error warnings from the > > BIOS on boot up. Luckily everything is backed up but I'm wondering is > > this just a coincidence? The drive is a Samsung SP1203N and is 3 years > > old. > > > > What prompted you to change the power supply? Certain mainboard problems > can mimic bad power supplies, and the fact that it's an ECS board makes it > very likely that you will have mainboard problems eventually, if you don't > already. Also, if you are receiving SMART error warnings, that error is > just as likely to be related to the mainboard as to the hard drive. > > I'm not saying your hard drive is OK, but I'd try it on a different > mainboard before calling it bad. -Dave Yesterday, the drive was not recognized by the ECS so I tried in on a EPOX EP-8KRAI Pro motherboard. The BIOS recognizes the drive and reports "hard drive S.M.A.R.T. staus Bad" and prompts to continue. When I do, but Windows won't boot up. When I boot from the CD drive to command line, I can look at the drive and switch between partitions, see much info about file sizes etc. So given that I'm still getting the SMART error warnings on a good MB, I'm thinking that the drive might now be screwed one way or the other. Any recommendations on data recovery tools?
From: Rod Speed on 12 Aug 2006 22:44 jfroche(a)gmail.com wrote: > Mike T. wrote: >> <jfroche(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1155229294.742549.249470(a)q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com... >>> I just put an Enermax Liberty PSU into my PC (AMD Duron, ECS K7S5A >>> MB, 1GB RAM) and next day started getting SMART error warnings from >>> the BIOS on boot up. Luckily everything is backed up but I'm >>> wondering is this just a coincidence? The drive is a Samsung >>> SP1203N and is 3 years old. >>> >> >> What prompted you to change the power supply? Certain mainboard >> problems can mimic bad power supplies, and the fact that it's an ECS >> board makes it very likely that you will have mainboard problems >> eventually, if you don't already. Also, if you are receiving SMART >> error warnings, that error is just as likely to be related to the >> mainboard as to the hard drive. >> >> I'm not saying your hard drive is OK, but I'd try it on a different >> mainboard before calling it bad. -Dave > > Yesterday, the drive was not recognized by the ECS so I tried in on a > EPOX EP-8KRAI Pro motherboard. The BIOS recognizes the drive and > reports "hard drive S.M.A.R.T. staus Bad" and prompts to continue. > When I do, but Windows won't boot up. When I boot from the CD drive > to command line, I can look at the drive and switch between > partitions, see much info about file sizes etc. So given that I'm > still getting the SMART error warnings on a good MB, I'm thinking > that the drive might now be screwed one way or the other. Any > recommendations on data recovery tools? I like Easy Recovery Pro. Pretty expensive tho if you have to pay for it.
From: jfroche on 13 Aug 2006 03:45 Rod Speed wrote: > jfroche(a)gmail.com wrote: > > Mike T. wrote: > >> <jfroche(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:1155229294.742549.249470(a)q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com... > >>> I just put an Enermax Liberty PSU into my PC (AMD Duron, ECS K7S5A > >>> MB, 1GB RAM) and next day started getting SMART error warnings from > >>> the BIOS on boot up. Luckily everything is backed up but I'm > >>> wondering is this just a coincidence? The drive is a Samsung > >>> SP1203N and is 3 years old. > >>> > >> > >> What prompted you to change the power supply? Certain mainboard > >> problems can mimic bad power supplies, and the fact that it's an ECS > >> board makes it very likely that you will have mainboard problems > >> eventually, if you don't already. Also, if you are receiving SMART > >> error warnings, that error is just as likely to be related to the > >> mainboard as to the hard drive. > >> > >> I'm not saying your hard drive is OK, but I'd try it on a different > >> mainboard before calling it bad. -Dave > > > > Yesterday, the drive was not recognized by the ECS so I tried in on a > > EPOX EP-8KRAI Pro motherboard. The BIOS recognizes the drive and > > reports "hard drive S.M.A.R.T. staus Bad" and prompts to continue. > > When I do, but Windows won't boot up. When I boot from the CD drive > > to command line, I can look at the drive and switch between > > partitions, see much info about file sizes etc. So given that I'm > > still getting the SMART error warnings on a good MB, I'm thinking > > that the drive might now be screwed one way or the other. Any > > recommendations on data recovery tools? > > I like Easy Recovery Pro. Pretty expensive tho if you have to pay for it. Wow - yes, that is expensive and, in my case, would not be worth it as I have a relatively recent backup. A question about SMART diagnostics occurs to me: where does the BIOS get it's report. Is there a log report stored on the drive? I ran a Samsung utility and it came up clean.
From: Rod Speed on 13 Aug 2006 06:35
jfroche(a)gmail.com wrote: > Rod Speed wrote: >> jfroche(a)gmail.com wrote: >>> Mike T. wrote: >>>> <jfroche(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:1155229294.742549.249470(a)q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com... >>>>> I just put an Enermax Liberty PSU into my PC (AMD Duron, ECS K7S5A >>>>> MB, 1GB RAM) and next day started getting SMART error warnings >>>>> from the BIOS on boot up. Luckily everything is backed up but I'm >>>>> wondering is this just a coincidence? The drive is a Samsung >>>>> SP1203N and is 3 years old. >>>>> >>>> >>>> What prompted you to change the power supply? Certain mainboard >>>> problems can mimic bad power supplies, and the fact that it's an >>>> ECS board makes it very likely that you will have mainboard >>>> problems eventually, if you don't already. Also, if you are >>>> receiving SMART error warnings, that error is just as likely to be >>>> related to the mainboard as to the hard drive. >>>> >>>> I'm not saying your hard drive is OK, but I'd try it on a different >>>> mainboard before calling it bad. -Dave >>> >>> Yesterday, the drive was not recognized by the ECS so I tried in on >>> a EPOX EP-8KRAI Pro motherboard. The BIOS recognizes the drive and >>> reports "hard drive S.M.A.R.T. staus Bad" and prompts to continue. >>> When I do, but Windows won't boot up. When I boot from the CD drive >>> to command line, I can look at the drive and switch between >>> partitions, see much info about file sizes etc. So given that I'm >>> still getting the SMART error warnings on a good MB, I'm thinking >>> that the drive might now be screwed one way or the other. Any >>> recommendations on data recovery tools? >> I like Easy Recovery Pro. Pretty expensive tho if you have to pay for it. > Wow - yes, that is expensive and, in my case, would > not be worth it as I have a relatively recent backup. There are much cheaper and free options around. > A question about SMART diagnostics occurs > to me: where does the BIOS get it's report. It asks the drive. > Is there a log report stored on the drive? Varys with the drive and whether its been enabled on the drive. smartctl will show you that. > I ran a Samsung utility and it came up clean. What about the Everest report ? |