Weird Hard Drive problem...

[daniellevine]

Curiousity got the better of me, check out the link for a discussion of this very subject. Turns out that I was right in my advice, "up" to a point.


OT - I'm curious - HDs and altitude - Photo.net Digital Darkroom Forum

Interesting concepts by the commentators. After I got home I opened up the back of the laptop to figure out what had been damaged. They are correct about a very flimsy covering. I've also heard that the fan can also have problems, and as I mentioned, it worked fine until it heated up for ten miinutes, then wouldn't even get past BIOS until it cooled down. Still, my money is on a hard drive problem because the sound it made sounded like a halting and clicking, something more notable than a fan's danger signs.

Well, I may be the one person in the world that experienced some kind of altitude problems, and Reno isn't that hight up. How strange. My laptop has been running smooth as ever since I got back... not one glitch. I thought for sure I would need to frustrate myself for the next few weeks by trying to troubleshoot it with various sparse parts like speciific RAM, fans, and mini hard drives. Thanks for the article... it was a good read.

By the way, can't Microsoft give us some kind of idea of what's wrong besides the blue screen of death with a bunch of 15 digit codes that only NASA can analyze?

Also, Basket, I don't think I banged the computer during the trip. I drove there and packed it with a bunch of clothes as usual. I suppose its possible but not likely. My bag was also wrapped in a bunch of blankets and I've travelled many times with it. It was also very cold in Reno. I suppose its possible that the sudden change from the outside conditions (when we were loading up the valet cart) to the warm hotel room could have messed with the components. You'd know much better than I would.