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From: "Steve Kirk" <steve@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hardware Diagnosis
> On Wednesday 06 February 2008 18:57:46 Rob Malpass wrote:
>> Evening all
> Evening :-)
>
>> If not a flat battery, then it points to a faulty primary hard disk.
>> The one in question is 40Gb PATA and has been in use for 3 years
>> also. The odd thing is if it's an error on the disk, it's seemingly
>> broken one moment, then fixed after a reboot - most odd.
>
> A problem with the hard disk would be my gut reaction, or the connector
> between hard disk and controller.
>
> Could you open up the pc and reseat the ribbon cables for the hard disk,
> just to make sure? That would be the first thing I'd try...
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
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Thanks both. Glad I wasn't missing something obvious.
Cheers
Rob
