[mythtv-users] Booohooohoooo......

[Brian Foddy]

> Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 July 2008 15:48:22 Francesco Peeters wrote:
> >> Nick Morrott wrote:
> >>> 2008/7/12 Francesco Peeters <francesco at fampeeters.com>:
> >>>> My USB harddisk on which my MythTV FE/BE lives died... The drive won't
> >>>> spin up anymore, and I currently don't have time to rebuilt on a new
> >>>> device, and I really don't want to either, because I meant to make
> >>>> that machine a net-boot machine...  *rolls eyes*
> >>>>
> >>>> Why does shit like that always happen at the most inconvenient
> >>>> times...
> >>>>
> >>>> Only good bit is that this drive is less than 2 years old, so I will
> >>>> at least get a new one from WD!...
> >>>
> >>> Sorry to hear about the failure. I often wonder whether external
> >>> drives have adequate cooling and ventilation, especially when they are
> >>> used heavily. Do/did you monitor your HDD temps via SMART? Was the
> >>> external drive purchased as a single unit (drive plus enclosure) or
> >>> did you purchase the two separately?
> >>
> >> I wondered too, but it was a complete unit by WD, so I assumed they had
> >> done at least some testing on that!  ;-)
> >>
> >> I did not continuously monitor the temps, but whenever I did, they
> >> weren't outlandish high (iirc approx 45-47°C) though...
> >>
> >> All it does now is make short buzz sounds (approx .5 secs every 2 secs),
> >> which sounds like it tries to spin up, but somethings keeping it from
> >> doing so...
> >>
> >> Even allowing it to cool down for a day didn't help... Maybe I'll put it
> >> in a bag and toss it in the freezer for a few hours to see if that makes
> >> a bit of a difference...
> >
> > I have had some luck with twisting the drive on its axis by hand, turn
> > your hand in the same plane the platters spin in. The idea is to overcome
> > the starting friction of the platters, the rolling friction is far less.
>


However, don't do this if you expect to get the drive replaced on warranty.
Opening the case will void it.

Brian