"Harddisk problem" - h

Today, I sat down and decided to listen to my Zen Touch, 40 GB. Nothing special, I had it on random play all, I've got about 2k songs on there.
The one song ended, and the next song started, but then it did some funky stuff, like started playing the song previous. A "playback error" pops up. No big deal, I just stopped in and clicked play a few times. Won't work. Push the FF/next button - doesn't work. I try to shut down - nope, won't work. It's making some weird, churning noises, and for god's sake, it won't shut down.
I've gotten desperate by this time and reset. So, I'm at the happy Recovery Menu. I try to "clean up" and "reboot", with no good results. Next, I tried to "Format All" and "Reload Firmware" but a strange window pops up, saying "Harddisk problem" and shows something vaguely resembling a turn-table / disc jockey's thing.
I suppose it's been the firmware / everything else has already been deleted, since I can only go to the recovery menu. But, what's a "harddisk problem"? Will my mp3 player ever work again? Or I should I just bring it to Best Buy and let the people there tell me it's broken and they can give a new one for cheap since it's not my fault and I don't think I've broken the warranty.

Good luck with this one.
Harddisk problems are apparently not covered under warranty according to Creative. I had the same "Harddisk error" and Creative simply wrote it off as damage the I must have done. My Zen Xtra simply stopped working one day with no previous symptoms. They will fix it for $55.
You got shafted by the two best in the business; Creative and Best Buy. Both have the worst customer support in the business.
Sorry for your loss.

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" Harddisk Problem " Please help.

Recently, I dropped my Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra on the gymfloor sadly, the battery fell out along with the outer case. All I get now is a long wait to the Rescue Mode Screen, when I choose Clean Up, it doesn't do anything at all. Format All > says Harddisk Problem with a little pic of a disk and key, Reload OS > same thing as Format All, and Reboot just reboots itself to the same screen.
Ive tried a few thing online trying to upgrade the drivers and such but when I plug it in the CPU responds to it as Not Connected.. I really have no idea on what to do, I dont really care if I lose the thousands of songs I have on it, but I just want it to work.
Anyone have some insight on this please?

I also had "Harddisk Problem"
I replaced the harddisk (Fujitsu Mobile 60GB hard disk "MHT2060AT" ..originally I had 20 GB) and reloaded the Firmware (after formatting), it is working great.
IF you have warrenty, get from them,
Else
Goto http://www.blurbdesigns.com/ZenUpgrade/index.htm

Harddisk problem - how to resolve when out of warre

Hello all,
I dropped my Creative Zen Xtra today, until now I have had no problems whatsoever with this fantastic machine....
Basically now though, the menus won't load, when it's switched on it just hangs on the EAX screen for a couple of minutes before transferring me to the rescue menu. Of the four options on the rescue menu, Clean Up doesn't do anything, just returns me to the Rescue Mode, Formal All and Reload OS just gives me a "Harddisk Problem" message, and Reboot eventually returns me to the Rescue Mode.
I've tried resetting the player, but again just end up at the Rescue Mode again.
I presume that I've knocked the hard disk out of alignment - does anybody know how to fix this, and also how much I would expect to pay should I want to get it fixed?
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated...
Damian Keen

You can try the advice here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net at your OWN RISK. If you don't want to try this or are under warranty then contact Creative Support.
If you aren't under warranty you can contact Creative Support to see if they will repair it. If you want to try repairing it yourself, taking the risk the hard disk is at fault, then you can follow Rudi Cheow's excellent guide. There's also a thread here at the Zen Nomadness.net forum on compatible dri'ves, and the last page of Rudi's guide also has information on this.
A repair by Creative is likely to be expensi've, US$00+ although you will have to contact them to be sure.

Zen Sleek Harddisk Problem

Hi All,
This is the first time I've ever encountered this and it has me worried. The past few times I turned on my Zen Sleek it went into recovery mode. I figured I would do a disc cleanup, but that doesn't seem to be working. It sat for /2 hour without saying the disc had been cleaned. Anyway, I went to reload the firmware and then I ran into the harddisk problem. It won't let me reload the firmware and I can't get out of recovery more. I've shut down, rebooted, and paper clipped a dozen times & I'm still in recovery mode. Any sugesstions? I've only had the thing for 9 months and I've never dropped it. I would be a real shame and very disappointing if it died already. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

To be honest, you've already lost all the data because the dri've it's on has failed. Kinda like how your data on a CD is basically gone if you bust the CD in half.
As for why the dri've died, lots of things can kill a hard dri've. Excessi've vibration, shock, ESPECIALLY drops while the unit is on. And possibly the #2 hard dri've killer: jogging with the player. Or maybe it was a dud, it happens, that's why we have a warranty.
Gi've Customer Support a call, they'll want to do some troubleshooting to be sure, and then they can set you up for service. You can also email in if you don't have time to call, on the support page of this website.
Good luck!
DaleMessage Edited by Dale-CL on 0-02-2006 05:0 PM

"Harddisk problem" in Zen X

I got a Zen Xtra 40 gb player for Christmas and once I finally got all of my cds loaded on it and went to use it, I haven't been able to. The player freezes and I have to reset. When I reset, the rescue mode comes up. I've tried disk cleanup, formatting, reloading the OS, anytime I try any of these options, I get a "Harddisk problem" screen. I don't know what to do! Has anyone dealt with a similar problem before?

Unfortunately this normally indicates a fatal problem with the player, but you can try the advice here</A. DIV risk.< own your at Nomadness.net FAQ Zen the in> at your OWN RISK.Message Edited by SSR on 0-3-2005 06:33 PM

Harddisk problem with Zen To

When I start up the player it gives me a screen with four options. if i choose any then it says there is a scandisk problem. the only thing i can click is reboot which brings me to the same screen again.
what should i do??

Presumably by "scandisk problem" you mean harddisk problem as per the subject?
If so it's bad news unfortunately as it means there's a problem with the hard disk. You can try the advice here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net at your OWN RISK. If you don't want to try this or are under warranty then contact Creative Support.
If you aren't under warranty you can contact Creative Support to see if they will repair it. If you want to try repairing it yourself, taking the risk the hard disk is at fault, then you can follow Rudi Cheow's excellent guide. There's also a thread here at the Zen Nomadness.net forum on compatible dri'ves, and the last page of Rudi's guide also has information on this.

Harddisk problem on Zen Sle

I havent even had this a month, it froze up, I let the battery drain, I restarted it, and now none of the options on the menu work. Is my player fried? Even when I go to 'Format Harddisk' it pops up "Harddisk Problem". Is there any way to fix this besides returning this for an Ipod?

I have allready called up Circuit City and they said I they had a month exchange/return policy, so it shouldnt be a problem, and if I remember, they had a couple 20GB Iri'ves and some 20GB Ipods, maybe I will even preorder the new 30 gig video Ipod. I plan on checking them out before I have to work tonight. I have read about the CL headphone jack problem, and that just seems like something that would affect my next player, along with the possibility of another fried harddri've. I am soured on this company for possibly ever. They shouldnt send me a defecti've product and then place the emphasises on my effort as the sole basis for getting it fixed when in reality it is much easier to go get my $250 and blow it on something else.

Harddisk problem - weird, having some issu

Alright, I've only had my Creative Zen Xtra (60GB) for 3 days, and when I woke up this morning, it would no longer work. Last it had worked I had just finished using it, plugged it into the recharger, put it on my night table, and went to bed. I have tried "percussi've treatment" to no avail, and on that note, the hard dri've does not do very much clicking at all. It starts up the same way as always, I hear a whirr, and then the hard dri've sputters out. I am introduced to rescue mode, which does nothing. "Clean Up" seems to do nothing at all, "Format all" results in a "harddisk problem" message, as does "Reload OS". However, it doesn't seem like the hard disk is completely broken - When plugged into my computer, it is accessed just fine. If I use the explorer, I can get as far as accessing the MP3 player, though it seems to think I have no files stored on it. If I try to put a file on it, I get an "access denied" message, and if I try to put an mp3 file into the "media library" folder (I can't access the music folder), I get an "unspecified error" message. I have also tried to reload the firmware, in which case the firmware program gets stuck at a certain point and stops responding. Also, if I go to "Selected Music" in my explorer, I actually can see the last songs I had specifically selected for play, on the player's console - this somehow leads me to believe that the hard disk is not completely broken, though I could be mistaken. Has anyone else had this kind of problem, or am I still stuck having to send in for repairs?Message Edited by SpiffyHamster on 04-0-2006 2:4 PM

Harddisk error when trying to format the disk means the harddisk has failed. The light-firm tap method may work if the heads have stuck, but I've never had any success with that myself.
If you don't want to replace the hard disk yourself, put it up on eBay, there is a market for faulty players (I buy them all the time).

"harddisk problem" error message solved for su

After experiencing this problem mysef; my touch booting up, hard dri've clicking and then the recovery menu loading up, i have found what i can pretty surely say is the definiti've solution.
give it a whack!
as your player boots up give it a firm whack (not sure what side, mine worked on the left but i have read of others)
this should dislodge the dri've heads which seems to be the problem experienced
hope this helps!!

I came to this board because my Zen Xtra 30G had stopped working and had left me in perpetual recovery mode with a "harddisk problem." Everytime that I turned it on, I could hear a quiet clicking grind before it landed back in recovery mode. I tried tapping the sides with a pen (my dainty version of percussion maintenance) and removing the battery, but nothing worked.
Being technically inclined, I was considering a hard dri've transplant when I decided to give it one more whack. I knew the risk, but I had nothing to lose. My Zen is 4 months old and well out of warranty. Low and behold, it came back to life. My process: I held it in my right hand facing me and gave its left side a swift whack against my left palm. When I turned it on, the grinding sound was gone and it now plays beautifully.
I'm posting this because I had a hard time finding the exact directions for this "percussion maintenance" and I'm hoping it helps someone else. As others have warned, do this at your own risk.

Fake "harddisk problem" error..... grrrr [zen Tou

well it started 2 weeks ago on my Zen Touch.. i got the recovery window and the "harddisk problem" error. so i gave it back to the ppl i got it from and 2 weeks later i passed by and they said they didnt see any problem... and in fact everything was working perfectly.
so i get home listen to some music and then i get the same error again, i shut the thing off a couple of times and it starts working again.
20 minuts later the same thing happened, but now the error window is not going away. I doubt it a real problem because the harddisk sounds smooth when i turn on the Zen Touch, but its still not working.
Anyone had the same problem and can help me?

The same thing happened to my Zen Xtra 5-6 mos. after I first used it :angry:
This is what I sent to the customer support e-mail:

The player was purchased on 2/4/04 but was not used until 2/25/04. Starting on approx. 5/3/05, the player would freeze and after the battery was removed and replaced the "EAX Audio" screen would remain on the LCD and a "clicking" sound was heard until the battery was removed and replaced numerous times. On 6/2/05 the "Rescue Mode" screen appeared after the battery was removed but disappeared after the player automatically turned itself off and was turned back on. On 6/4/05 the player froze and the battery was removed again, but the "Rescue Mode" screen would repeatedly appear rather than function normally after a restart. In "Rescue Mode" the "Reboot" and "Clean Up" functions were used with no success. The "Reload OS" and then "Format All" functions were used and each time the "Harddisk Problem" screen would appear and then the "Rescue Mode" screen reappeared. The website troubleshooting instructions were followed numerous times with no success.
Is it because it is dropped too many times?:smileyindifferent:

Performance slowdown (harddisk problem?)

After a recently kernel update, my harddisk spins down quite a lot. The load_cycle_count increases by 1~2 per minute, for example when i use mouse to open or close a webpage, the harddisk will spin up again(with a short freeze sometimes).
hdparm -B 255(or 254) /dev/sda doesn't fix the problem.
Any hint where I should look into? Thanks.
Here is my dmesg output:
Linux version 2.6.27-ARCH (root@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.3.2 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 26 10:36:46 UTC 2008
PAT WC disabled due to known CPU erratum.
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000d2000 - 00000000000d4000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001ff60000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000001ff60000 - 000000001ff77000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000001ff77000 - 000000001ff79000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000001ff80000 - 0000000020000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
last_pfn = 0x1ff60 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
kernel direct mapping tables up to 1ff60000 @ 7000-d000
RAMDISK: 1fe78000 - 1ff4f23f
DMI present.
ACPI: RSDP 000F6D70, 0024 (r2 IBM )
ACPI: XSDT 1FF69E78, 004C (r1 IBM TP-1Q 3010 LTP 0)
ACPI: FACP 1FF69F00, 00F4 (r3 IBM TP-1Q 3010 IBM 1)
ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0442): Optional field "Gpe1Block" has zero address or length: 000000000000102C/0 [20080609]
ACPI: DSDT 1FF6A0E7, CD2A (r1 IBM TP-1Q 3010 MSFT 100000E)
ACPI: FACS 1FF78000, 0040
ACPI: SSDT 1FF6A0B4, 0033 (r1 IBM TP-1Q 3010 MSFT 100000E)
ACPI: ECDT 1FF76E11, 0052 (r1 IBM TP-1Q 3010 IBM 1)
ACPI: TCPA 1FF76E63, 0032 (r1 IBM TP-1Q 3010 PTL 1)
ACPI: BOOT 1FF76FD8, 0028 (r1 IBM TP-1Q 3010 LTP 1)
0MB HIGHMEM available.
511MB LOWMEM available.
mapped low ram: 0 - 1ff60000
low ram: 00000000 - 1ff60000
bootmap 00002000 - 00005fec
(9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 001ff60000]
#0 [0000000000 - 0000001000] BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
#1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
#2 [0000006000 - 0000007000] TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
#3 [0000100000 - 000050c280] TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 000050c280]
#4 [001fe78000 - 001ff4f23f] RAMDISK ==> [001fe78000 - 001ff4f23f]
#5 [000050d000 - 0000510000] INIT_PG_TABLE ==> [000050d000 - 0000510000]
#6 [000009f000 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved ==> [000009f000 - 0000100000]
#7 [0000007000 - 0000009000] PGTABLE ==> [0000007000 - 0000009000]
#8 [0000002000 - 0000006000] BOOTMAP ==> [0000002000 - 0000006000]
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00001000
Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x0001ff60
HighMem 0x0001ff60 -> 0x0001ff60
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000000 -> 0x0000009f
0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0001ff60
On node 0 totalpages: 130815
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c03d8200, node_mem_map c1000000
DMA zone: 3967 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 125825 pages, LIFO batch:31
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
mapped APIC to ffffb000 (01402000)
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000d2000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000d2000 - 00000000000d4000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000d4000 - 00000000000dc000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 30000000 (gap: 20000000:df800000)
PERCPU: Allocating 39324 bytes of per cpu data
NR_CPUS: 16, nr_cpu_ids: 1, nr_node_ids 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 129792
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/93bf226e-0eb9-4ac0-9c06-83e684176d20 resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/42efa5fd-2018-4cf0-9985-15c919eba1fb ro
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
Extended CMOS year: 2000
TSC: PIT calibration confirmed by PMTIMER.
TSC: using PMTIMER calibration value
Detected 599.489 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Memory: 513428k/523648k available (2147k kernel code, 9608k reserved, 844k data, 288k init, 0k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xffee8000 - 0xfffff000 (1116 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xe0800000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 495 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xdff60000 ( 511 MB)
.init : 0xc03f3000 - 0xc043b000 ( 288 kB)
.data : 0xc0318f36 - 0xc03ec320 ( 844 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc0318f36 (2147 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
CPA: page pool initialized 1 of 1 pages preallocated
SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 1199.93 BogoMIPS (lpj=1998296)
Security Framework initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 9k freed
ACPI: Core revision 20080609
ACPI: Checking initramfs for custom DSDT
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0800)
weird, boot CPU (#0) not listedby the BIOS.
SMP motherboard not detected.
Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
SMP disabled
Brought up 1 CPUs
Total of 1 processors activated (1199.93 BogoMIPS).
net_namespace: 832 bytes
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd8d6, last bus=8
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x1c, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
ACPI: EC: driver started in interrupt mode
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI: 0000:00:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [d0000000, dfffffff]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.0 reg 20 io port: [1800, 181f]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.1 reg 20 io port: [1820, 183f]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.2 reg 20 io port: [1840, 185f]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.7 reg 10 32bit mmio: [c0000000, c00003ff]
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# disabled
HPET not enabled in BIOS. You might try hpet=force boot option
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 10 io port: [0, 7]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 14 io port: [0, 3]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 18 io port: [0, 7]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 1c io port: [0, 3]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 20 io port: [1860, 186f]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 24 32bit mmio: [0, 3ff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.3 reg 20 io port: [1880, 189f]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 10 io port: [1c00, 1cff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 14 io port: [18c0, 18ff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 18 32bit mmio: [c0000c00, c0000dff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 1c 32bit mmio: [c0000800, c00008ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:1f.6 reg 10 io port: [2400, 24ff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.6 reg 14 io port: [2000, 207f]
pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [e0000000, e7ffffff]
PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 14 io port: [3000, 30ff]
PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 18 32bit mmio: [c0100000, c010ffff]
PCI: 0000:01:00.0 reg 30 32bit mmio: [0, 1ffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D1
pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D2
PCI: bridge 0000:00:01.0 io port: [3000, 3fff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:01.0 32bit mmio: [c0100000, c01fffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:01.0 32bit mmio pref: [e0000000, e7ffffff]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [b0000000, b0000fff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D2
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:00.1 reg 10 32bit mmio: [b1000000, b1000fff]
pci 0000:02:00.1: supports D1
pci 0000:02:00.1: supports D2
pci 0000:02:00.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:00.1: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:00.2 reg 10 32bit mmio: [c0211000, c02117ff]
pci 0000:02:00.2: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:00.2: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:01.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [c0220000, c023ffff]
PCI: 0000:02:01.0 reg 14 32bit mmio: [c0200000, c020ffff]
PCI: 0000:02:01.0 reg 18 io port: [8000, 803f]
PCI: 0000:02:01.0 reg 30 32bit mmio: [0, ffff]
pci 0000:02:01.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:01.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:02.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [c0210000, c0210fff]
pci 0000:02:02.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:02.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:1e.0: transparent bridge
PCI: bridge 0000:00:1e.0 io port: [4000, 8fff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:1e.0 32bit mmio: [c0200000, cfffffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:1e.0 32bit mmio pref: [e8000000, efffffff]
bus 00 -> node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCI1._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11)
ACPI: Power Resource [PUBS] (on)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
system 00:00: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xc0000-0xc3fff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xc4000-0xc7fff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xc8000-0xcbfff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xcc000-0xcffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xd0000-0xd3fff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xdc000-0xdffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xe0000-0xe3fff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xe4000-0xe7fff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xe8000-0xebfff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xec000-0xeffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xf0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0x100000-0x1fffffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
system 00:02: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
system 00:02: ioport range 0x1180-0x11bf has been reserved
system 00:02: ioport range 0x15e0-0x15ef has been reserved
system 00:02: ioport range 0x1600-0x167f has been reserved
pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
pci 0000:00:01.0: IO window: 0x3000-0x3fff
pci 0000:00:01.0: MEM window: 0xc0100000-0xc01fffff
pci 0000:00:01.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000e0000000-0x000000e7ffffff
pci 0000:02:00.0: CardBus bridge, secondary bus 0000:03
pci 0000:02:00.0: IO window: 0x004000-0x0040ff
pci 0000:02:00.0: IO window: 0x004400-0x0044ff
pci 0000:02:00.0: PREFETCH window: 0xe8000000-0xebffffff
pci 0000:02:00.0: MEM window: 0xc4000000-0xc7ffffff
pci 0000:02:00.1: CardBus bridge, secondary bus 0000:07
pci 0000:02:00.1: IO window: 0x004800-0x0048ff
pci 0000:02:00.1: IO window: 0x004c00-0x004cff
pci 0000:02:00.1: PREFETCH window: 0xec000000-0xefffffff
pci 0000:02:00.1: MEM window: 0xc8000000-0xcbffffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
pci 0000:00:1e.0: IO window: 0x4000-0x8fff
pci 0000:00:1e.0: MEM window: 0xc0200000-0xcfffffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000e8000000-0x000000efffffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11
pci 0000:02:00.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
bus: 01 index 0 io port: [3000, 3fff]
bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [c0100000, c01fffff]
bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [e0000000, e7ffffff]
bus: 01 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 02 index 0 io port: [4000, 8fff]
bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [c0200000, cfffffff]
bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [e8000000, efffffff]
bus: 02 index 3 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 02 index 4 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
bus: 03 index 0 io port: [4000, 40ff]
bus: 03 index 1 io port: [4400, 44ff]
bus: 03 index 2 mmio: [e8000000, ebffffff]
bus: 03 index 3 mmio: [c4000000, c7ffffff]
bus: 07 index 0 io port: [4800, 48ff]
bus: 07 index 1 io port: [4c00, 4cff]
bus: 07 index 2 mmio: [ec000000, efffffff]
bus: 07 index 3 mmio: [c8000000, cbffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Unpacking initramfs... done
Freeing initrd memory: 860k freed
Simple Boot Flag at 0x35 set to 0x1
IBM machine detected. Enabling interrupts during APM calls.
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
apm: overridden by ACPI.
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 1004
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial 00:09: activated
00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a NS16550A
serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B disabled
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /class/input/input0
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD,PNP0f13:MOU] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Freeing unused kernel memory: 288k freed
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input1
ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: enabling device (0005 -> 0007)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
pata_acpi 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A disabled
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.12
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x1860 irq 14
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x1868 irq 15
ata1.00: ATA-6: TOSHIBA MK4026GAX RoHS, PA107E, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 78140160 sectors, multi 16: LBA
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA TOSHIBA MK4026GA PA10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 78140160 512-byte hardware sectors (40008 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 78140160 512-byte hardware sectors (40008 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda:<6>usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: power state changed by ACPI to D0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT D -> Link[LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 32 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 11, io mem 0xc0000000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 11, io base 0x00001800
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: power state changed by ACPI to D0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 0x00001820
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 11, io base 0x00001840
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ohci1394 0000:02:00.2: PCI INT C -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[11] MMIO=[c0211000-c02117ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/4]
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00061b0329058378]
PM: Starting manual resume from disk
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
rtc_cmos 00:06: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k
Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k3-NAPI
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
e1000 0000:02:01.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
e1000: 0000:02:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 00:10:c6:ce:92:1f
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
Intel ICH 0000:00:1f.5: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Intel ICH 0000:00:1f.5: setting latency timer to 64
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52551 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
Intel ICH Modem 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Intel ICH Modem 0000:00:1f.6: setting latency timer to 64
MC'97 1 converters and GPIO not ready (0xff00)
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3] C4[C3])
processor ACPI0007:00: registered as cooling_device0
ACPI: Processor [CPU] (supports 8 throttling states)
Marking TSC unstable due to cpufreq changes
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 137329922 ns)
thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.21
thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 1QET96WW (3.01 ), EC 1QHT23WW-1.08
thinkpad_acpi: IBM ThinkPad X32, model 2884A2U
Registered led device: tpacpi::thinklight
thinkpad_acpi: another device driver is already handling bay events
thinkpad_acpi: disabling subdriver bay
Registered led device: tpacpi::power
Registered led device: tpacpi:orange:batt
Registered led device: tpacpi:green:batt
Registered led device: tpacpi::dock_active
Registered led device: tpacpi::bay_active
Registered led device: tpacpi::dock_batt
Registered led device: tpacpi::unknown_led
Registered led device: tpacpi::standby
input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /class/input/input2
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <[email protected]>
fuse init (API version 7.9)
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (off-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input4
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
input: Sleep Button (CM) as /class/input/input5
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (45 C)
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 855PM Chipset
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
NET: Registered protocol family 23
parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
nsc-ircc 00:0b: activated
nsc-ircc, chip->init
nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
IrDA: Registered device irda0
nsc-ircc, Using dongle: IBM31T1100 or Temic TFDS6000/TFDS6500
input: Video Bus as /class/input/input6
ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR: found ejectable bay
ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR: Adding notify handler
ACPI: Error installing bay notify handler
ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:00.0 [1014:0532]
iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.03 (30-Apr-2008)
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0430, PCI irq 11
Socket status: 30000006
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0x4000 - 0x8fff
cs: IO port probe 0x4000-0x8fff: clean.
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xc0200000 - 0xcfffffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:00.1 [1014:0532]
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0430, PCI irq 11
Socket status: 30000006
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0x4000 - 0x8fff
cs: IO port probe 0x4000-0x8fff: clean.
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xc0200000 - 0xcfffffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff
i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
intel_rng: FWH not detected
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /class/input/input7
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda4, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 996020k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:996020k
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
pci 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 on minor 0
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm] Loading R100 Microcode
[drm] writeback test succeeded in 2 usecs
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: HID 04b3:3107 as /class/input/input8
input,hidraw0: USB HID v11.10 Mouse [HID 04b3:3107] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Last edited by hw86 (2008-11-07 02:48:05)

I actually just did exactly that; I am not noticing any spin downs for the last couple of minutes.
As I had disabled HD management by laptope mode I wondered what was causing the spin down. Apparently, the setting CONTROL_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT (the only HDD related setting that was enabled) was causing the spin downs.
# Should laptop mode tools control the hard drive idle timeout settings?
CONTROL_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT=1
# Idle timeout values. (hdparm -S)
# Default is 2 hours on AC (NOLM_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200) and 20 seconds
# for battery and for AC with laptop mode on.
LM_AC_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200
LM_BATT_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
NOLM_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200
LM_AC_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS is set to 20 by default, which doesn't make sense to me, as the laptop still is on AC. Therefore I have set it to the same value as without laptop mode.
It seems like this has solved the issue.
Last edited by Stalafin (2008-11-13 09:54:46)

USB harddisk problem

Whenever I put my MBP to sleep, the external harddisk connected to it through my 24" ACD will not respond anymore. The disk will not spin up and I have to either power cycle the disk, or unplug/plug the USB cable. Other devices connected (mouse, card reader) do work fine. This is highly annoying and did not happen with 10.5
Any suggestions?

I posted this problem also and same conclusion given by other users: it must be the firmware from manufacturer of HDD product.
I disagree strongly on that and are sure the problem lies within SL update 6.1!! On al my computers the usb drive was recognized with X 10.5 and 10.6 but since 10.6.1. it doesn't work properly. Hope Apple will take this problem serious and fix it, otherwise I have to downgrade to 10.5 since SL is not working correct with USB.
External HDD: Little LaCie 320 GB, USB 2.0
Failed to connect from usb directly on MB Air, iMac and Airport Extreme.
Occasionally it can be connected only by multiple reconnection to USB and even then after the system goes to sleep, it won't come up again and SL tells me that the disk was disconnected in the wrong way and data may be lost (standard message when disk is disconnected without ejecting first)

Msi k8n neo-v v2.0 and harddisk problem

I been using this board for almost 3 years. My new (3weeks old) 500gb seagate drive works great until last week the cmos battery died but did not replace immediately due to my busy schedule. The cpu when nuts this morning unable to boot. I tried removing the memory, video card but none works. Then i tried only my old seagate 80gb it works perfectly. but when i insert the 500gb seagate it doesn't boot at all. i can't even enter the cmos setup screen when i press del.
I have many important files in the harddisk. well i don't know maybe the CMOS reset and unable to read the drive or the 500gb drive is damage.
any help? i don't know if its the mobo problem or the drive (i need all the files in the drive T_T) or should i warranty the drive. will it works after replacement?
note: i think the drive is working i can hear low noise like in my 80gb. i can't find any bios for my mobo on the official msi site and i can't use the live update because i use ubuntu in 80gb; windows on my 500gb.
thanks in advance

Read >>Posting Guide<<
Does the 500GB drive is jumper-ed to SATA1?
Have you tried different sata port and different power cable for the drive?
Have you test the drive in another machine?

Zen Micro as a portable HardDisk: PROBLEM WITH BIG FI

Hello,
i own a Zen Micro 5 GB, firmware is 2..02.
When i tried to put a DIVX-movie on it, to take it to another computer, the file (around 700MB) was put succesfully on the Zen Micro's harddisk, but when i tried to copy it to other computers FROM the Zen, it failed, giving an error about insufficient memory. (on the zen i suppose, because this error came on different, good computers). Also, smaller files (like mp3) give no problems with this.
IS THE ZEN MICRO ABLE NOT ONLY TO STORE LARGE FILES, BUT TO COPY THEM AS WELL, because using it as a portable harddisk was one of my main reasons for choosing this product.
Or is my product faulty? Or firmware?
Thank you for reactions, (others who experience this?), suggestions or solutions!
Greetings!
(apart from this, a del?ghted user)
nimzo

nimzo wrote:
Hello,?i own a Zen Micro 5 GB, firmware is 2..02. When i tried to put a DIVX-movie on it, to take it to another computer, the file (around 700MB) was put succesfully on the Zen Micro's harddisk, but when i tried to copy it to other computers FROM the Zen, it failed, giving an error about insufficient memory. (on the zen i suppose, because this error came on different, good computers). Also, smaller files (like mp3) give no problems with this.
IS THE ZEN MICRO ABLE NOT ONLY TO STORE LARGE FILES, BUT TO COPY THEM AS WELL, because using it as a portable harddisk was one of my main reasons for choosing this product.Or is my product faulty? Or firmware? ?Thank you for reactions, (others who experience this?), suggestions or solutions!?Greetings!(apart from this, a del?ghted user)nimzo?
I had try putting a .5GB movie file to the player and out again but never encounter problem with it. Dun think there's any limit or problem with that

MacBook doesn't boot windows 7 (harddisk problem)

hello,
a few weeks ago i replace my original harddrive by a grater one. i reinstalled osx and all looks fine. yesterday i tried to install windows with help of boot camp. i inserted the install dvd and the macbook boots and runs windows 7 setup. at the partition selection dialog there were no partitions at all. after a few reboots i was able to select my bootcamp partition but at the reboot during the windows setup the same problem. a few reboots later the installation has finished. i ejected the windows install dvd and now the black and white windows prompt tells me that there isn't any bootdrive. a few reboots later i was able to run windows and selected windows as the default startup volume in bootcamp. now the macbook shows me a flashing question mark at windows boot.
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Perhaps it's useful to look which process is eating up all CPU time.
From http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
To determine if a specific process or application is impacting performance:
Open Activity Monitor (Leopard, Tiger, Panther®) or Process Viewer (Jaguar), >located in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder.
In the Show pop-up menu in the toolbar of Activity Monitor or Process Viewer, >assure All Processes is selected.
Sort the list of processes by %CPU in descending order:
In Activity Monitor, click the %CPU column heading until the data in that column >is sorted in descending order.
In Process Viewer, click the %CPU column heading, then click the arrowhead at >the right side of the column headings until the %CPU column is sorted in >descending order.
The process or application using the greatest % CPU is now at the top of the >list.

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