Re: noise as a snore in memory when computer is in idle

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 06/22/05 

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:41:12 -0400

From: "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com>

|
| Okay, I had to leave the funny parts!
|
| I *think* I have it...
|
| The snore = the platters grinding
| Memory = Hard Drive not RAM
| Problem = drive out of balance and failing rapidly
| Solution = stop using drive, replace drive with a new drive, and clone with
| this piece of software:
|
| clone maxx :
| http://www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.htm
|
| Err... I *think* that's what is going on at least??? I'm still not sure but
| then again I've never heard of it called snoring but it does make sense. I
| did have a DVD burner from AOPen that "snored" when you closed the tray.
| Oddest thing really... (I'm not kidding at all, it really really did make a
| snore sound when you closed it without a disk in it. I don't think that's
| what they're talking about unless, of course, they are in which case there's
| no cure... Send it back before the warranty runs out.)
|
| Hmm... I hope that's the problem anyhow because this one's so odd that I'd
| flagged it and mailed a copy to my father to see if he would spit coffee out
| of his nose when he read it or not. He emailed me back thinking that it was
| really quite funny but didn't have a clue either. Now that I've thought
| about it the logical reason for snoring would be the platters being out of
| balance and the likelihood of that being recoverable is slim so replacement
| would be required. I think the confusion, in part, was the use of the term
| memory which is most often used for RAM-type memory (or flash memory
| perhaps) these days. While the term is correct it's just not the norm any
| longer.
|
| Then again I'm ONLY guessing ;) Sounds logical to me? You?
|
| Galen
| --
|
| "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
| with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
| very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
| made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
|
| Sherlock Holmes
|

If it is a failing hard disk...

Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software
respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or
not..

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm 

-- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

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