[BlueOnyx:10783] Re: Blue Onyx 5106R Crash

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Wisja.net wrote:
> I do agree with Chris, it seems the server is pretty old. I dont agree on the 
> controller on the motherboard side, it will probably be the controller (on the PCB) on 
> the HDD itself.

I've seen both, but more frequently (in my experience) it's old 
motherboards that die.  I've got a pile of old 20, 40, 80GB drives that 
we've pulled from dead boxes that are perfectly good.  (For that matter, 
I have an old 250MB and 500MB drive that I used in my college years, and 
I fired one of them up in an enclosure to pull an old term paper a few 
months ago!)

I suppose there is a good way to determine if the problem is the drive 
or the mobo controller.  Pull the drive and pop it into an enclosure, or 
into a known-good computer, and see if it is properly recognized and can 
be booted.   If so, then that would be a good indicator that the drive 
is good and the mobo is bad.   If it does not get recognized by another 
system, then you have agreement from 2 computers that the drive doesn't 
work as it should.

But again... given the age of the hardware, how long do you expect it to 
run without another problem?

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