Problem: Incompatibilities CUSL2 and IBM hard drives
CactuarIsland
<sp...@manuel-koch.de> wrote:
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>I use the asus CUSL2, Bios 1012.10 beta and have the following problem:
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>Every IBM hard drive running with that main board seems to be defect after a
>very short lifetime (about 6 months). That means that it won't be detected
>at start, makes strange noises, even the IBM Drive Fitness Test show several
>defects. Then, you switch the pc off and on again, everything is fine again.
>This goes on for several weeks until it finale really dies. I lost three
>disks that way.
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>The cable is working fine, the hard drives work fine with other computers.
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>This problem has occurred since the earliest bios versions.
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>Can anyone help?
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>Manuel Koch
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It is *NOT* the board causing the drive failures bud. IBM's dirves
have gone way downhill in terms of quality and reliability as of late
for everyone (not just you) and in fact IBM is getting out of the hard
drive business altogther.
R. Pazderski
In most cases, IBM drives can be repaired like New using a Combination
of Jumper Settings, the IBM Disk Tools Utility and the IBM DFT
Utility.
I found this through experimentation because I got tired of RMAing
drives back and figured IBM was NOT really physically rebuilding the
amount of drives that were being returned, but were fixing them using
some other method.
As others have posted, it is Too Bad IBM let their quality slip so
much that one now must resort to repairing their own drives after only
6 months of use.
Post to me off NG and I will send you somewhat lengthy procedure that
Works Well for me if you want to try it.
Regards,
Rick P.
raph...@fayelectric.com
"Manuel Koch" <sp...@manuel-koch.de> wrote in message
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I use the asus CUSL2, Bios 1012.10 beta and have the following
problem:
Every IBM hard drive running with that main board seems to be defect
after a
very short lifetime (about 6 months). That means that it won't be
detected
at start, makes strange noises, even the IBM Drive Fitness Test show
several
defects. Then, you switch the pc off and on again, everything is fine
again.
This goes on for several weeks until it finale really dies. I lost
three
disks that way.
The cable is working fine, the hard drives work fine with other
computers.
This problem has occurred since the earliest bios versions.
Can anyone help?
Manuel Koch
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Koch ICQ#: 61971729
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