Hardrive clicking / Kernel issue or daemon ?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 04 June 2004 21:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 20:01, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Thursday 03 June 2004 21:57, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
[...]
>> On other mailing lists, from people at the drive makers.  Also,
>> I'm a C.E.T., FWTW (not a lot, it just shows I'm more hardware
>> than most).
>
>What's C.E.T??

Certified Electronics Technician.  Its a nationally based 
certification program here in the states, run by an organsition 
called ISCET and in some states (California comes to mind) one must 
be one in order to get a business license to repair tv's and such.  

In this case first registered in Nebraska as #118 back in 1972.  The 
test is a fairly complete one, far surpassing technically, the old 
FCC 1st Phone test, which I have been also since back in the early 
60's.  Yeah, I'm an old fart, I'll be 70 in October.

That, and a buck, will get you a cuppa coffee in most smaller town 
greasy spoons. :-)

>
>> >BTW, this is a laptop 5400rpm drive. It has got NO place to go
>> > with better cooling. :(
>>
>> Ouch, so you haven't a really hot drive, 5400's weren't normally
>> that hot running, but one that isn't well enough cooled, or is
>> possibly on its way out. :(
>
>It's less than a 1+ month old. It's 80GB choke full.
>
>Man.. Don't crash.. but the smart and stuffs says it's OK
>
>> What happens if you prop it up for a couple of inches worth of air
>> under it?  Lots of those things sit right down on the table, as if
>> they're trying to use the table for a heat sink.  Wood and similar
>> stuff isn't so good at that :)
>
>Actually, usually the prob will go away once I restart.
>
>I've not idea if it'll also happen in Windows. I rarely Boot XP and
> when even if I do, I've not idea what to do to heat it up..
>
>I can't (or rather, don't dare) go internet on XP. It's SO...
> outdated.. (patch wise)

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