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

[Brian Foddy]

On Saturday 12 July 2008, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Saturday 12 July 2008 18:19:10 Brian Foddy wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> I assume you mean the USB case, opening the drive itself outside a clean
> room is not a good idea.
>
> If the drive failed under warranty then replacing it through that process
> is probably the best, unless you're the impatient type like me.
>
> beww
Maybe I misunderstood the advice, and they weren't recommending opening the 
case, hence my cringe...