On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 23:40 -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > In my experience, every time there's been a clicking sound from the > drive, it's an indicator that something bad is going to happen in the > near future. Diagnostics usually indicate something being wrong with > the drive. But with what you've contributed here, I will be watching > the 5v rails from here on out. I've had that from two or three dying drives, but also from one that was fine. In that case, it turned out that one those crappy little 4 pin power plugs was even crappier than normal. It's not just that they don't always have a good grip, but the metal in the plugs and sockets seems pretty crappy, too. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
