Thanks Kay. The "complete external kit" sounds like a particularly good idea. It allows me to test the next step in the process before proceeding.
Jim > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:28:07 +0800 > From: Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Subject: Re: [OT] Looking For OS X Troubleshooting Suggestions 22 > Message-ID: > <CA+uh5kjsfnJQpD3F2hNQJiBfnnO8KdSXVEZNo---=x27ltj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Jim Hurley <jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > > >> But I have one more very sophisticated diagnostic test I perform. I >> listen. Every so often, the HD on my Mac Mini squeaks for a few minutes. >> That can't be good. >> > > Are you sure it's the HD, that would be very very unusual. What about the > fan or DVD drive (if it isn't the latest Mac Mini? > > The fan might squeak at certain rpm which would equate to certain > tempertures. I think smcFanControl will work in an Intel Mac Mini and show > you internal temps and fan rpm. > > http://www.eidac.de/ > > If you are convinced it's the HD then I completely agree with Bob; it's > time to make a clone and buy a new bigger and faster replacement, before > you lose the drive. > > Highly recommend: > > http://www.macsales.com/ > > Buy a complete external kit. Use it to clone your old internal onto the new > external. The move the new HD into your Mac Mini. > > Then you can put the old HD into the external case and run programs like > DriveGenius to see if there are bad blocks or something else that might be > causing the squeaks. Don't do this before you've cloned your drive, the > last thing you want is the drive to fail during testing but before you've > cloned. > > At worst, if it can't be cured, you can always use it as an emergency boot > drive. I have an old 40GB drive I pulled out of a G3 PB that has a pristine > copy of SnoLeo on it + DriveGenius. Every now and then I start off it and > run software update to make sure everything is up-to-date. Very rarely I > actually start off it so I can do some serious Disc maintenance on the > internal drive of my MBP. > > Note, this drive is NOT used for backups, it doesn't have anything > essential on it, so when it does bite the dust it's no great lose. In the > mean time it's got something on it that can be a huge time saver. > > As for performance hit, see my previous post; from fastest to slowest: > > 1) Internal HD > > External > 2) eSata > 3) FW800 > 4) FW400 > 5) USB 2.0 HD > 6) USB 2.0 thumb drive > > 7) DVD install disc > > I don't have USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt cases but I would expect both of those > to sit somewhere around eSATA, but still below an Internal HD. > > HTH > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
