On Monday 27 August 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I think that the hard disk really has a hardware problem. I'm going to > >> change it. > >> > >> Subject closed. ;-) > >> > >> Thank you for your help. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> > > > > Another thing you could try before replacing the harddrive is replacing > > the IDE cable. I once had strange disk error messages caused by a flaky > > cable connection. > > > > Already done. This test changes nothing. ;-)
Can also be the power supply! I had to (temporarily) disconnect one of the CD drives to reduce the load. Not a single WD click-clack or DMA timeout since.