Re: USB Hard Drive problems
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:40:17 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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> On 08/28/07 22:15, Celejar wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > I recently purchased a factory recertified Fantom Drives 120 GB USB
> > drive. I have just begun to use it, and I'm experiencing major
> > headaches. Every now and then (I don't see a triggering condition or
> > chronological pattern, but I see the problem several times a day) the
> > drive goes offline. Sometimes remounting fixes it, but at least twice
> > (including the period after the second incident seen below in the log)
> > it required power cycling. One of those times its status light went
> > red; usually it stays its normal blue, including during and after the
> > second incident below. I don't know much about HDDs; I'm including
> > copious syslog extracts from the last couple of failures.
> > Is this a hardware problem? Is there anything I can do?
>
> Seems to me you've got a bad drive. The red light is a bad sign.
Usually it stays blue, but barring any other suggestions, I'm going to
have to assume it's bad and see if I can RMA it.
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> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA USA
Celejar
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