So if this can't be addressed by a new driver, it's sounding more like a motherboard fault?
On 15/01/2011, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > its not the Hard Disk, per se'. its a driver issue where the drive > controller is instructed to park and shut down. the only way I have found to > resolve it is a full reboot by a not so friendly unplug and then power on > and boot. this forces the on board controller to reset back into proper > operation. note: a soft boot won't work as the controller state will be > maintained across the warm reboot. > > -Eric > > On Jan 15, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Hi folks. >> I have had this problem a little while now, but i haven't done anything >> about it as of yet, however it makes me curious. >> I was listening to some good music in ITunes when all of a sudden the >> music died, it turned out that something had caused the internal hard >> drive to just die, the motor had stopped and i don't know of a way of >> getting it back to life again short of rebooting. What could cause the >> hard drive to do this? This happens when i use ITunes or µTorrent to get >> files. Can you strain a hard drive too much? It's not a question of energy >> saving either since i have the hard drives set to not shut down at all. >> I'm at a loss as what to do here and i don't want to take the machine to >> an Apple store since i don't have an AppleCare plan for it. >> Thanks for any help. >> /Krister >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
