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Re: hard drive failure
From:
Michael Chan <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 13 May 1998 00:05:12 +0800
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On Fri, 9 May 1997 20:26:07 +0100, Jez Nattrass <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>        Could the vibration fom the CD be causing physical damage to the hard
>drive?, could I be unlucky enough to get two bad hard drives?,any ideas----
>Please?

No, any modern HD can tolerate the vibration from any components in your
system. Since your problem occurred right after you replaced your CPU,
my first thought was it may be related to the bad power supply due to
the two new CPUs consumed much power than your old K5. A bad power
supply fails to provide stable voltage, which causes your system not
stable. The HD as one of the components in your system, can be effected
as well.


 Michael

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