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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=270125715-08022002>In
addition to checking your jumpers cable power and such you might want ot also
check the status of the controllers on the motherboard and the hard drive
itself. Usually if the controllers are bad you can still see the hard
drive registered, but anythings possible. YOu can use a tool like
microscope 9 if you can get a hold of it, or Tuff test which is more accesible,
but nor as thorough as Microscope 9.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> trilug-admin@trilug.org
[mailto:trilug-admin@trilug.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Jturena@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:57
PM<BR><B>To:</B> trilug@trilug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [TriLUG] Its broke and I
gotta fix it<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>This
is rather selfish, but I have a system that "jammed" on me, and I am new with
Linux, and need to fix the problem, so was wondering if I could get any help
here, or not. <BR>(the machine is in the hands of a repairman that cannot fix
it because he knows less about Linux than me, but I was hoping he would
examine the hardware-- I need to get the machine back from him) <BR>Running
RedHat7.0. Home PC. <BR>Had Gnome open; had Netscape open; computer was
sitting 'on'; woke up one morning in the wee hours of the morning and heard my
computer "cycling" through a short rhythmic whirl. Interface was unresponsive;
had to turn off machine to proceed; <BR>Turned back on-- during booting it
read "primary master disk: None; primary slave disk: None". <BR>Where do I
begin? By telling you what is in it? Ask and I will try and tell you--
but like I said, I am brand new with computers. With me it is all a big
learning process. This one a man put together for me +/- $900. (think I made a
mistake. But I wanted to learn GNU-Linux. Looks like I am going to get the
lessons I need). <BR>(and could it have anything to do with the computer going
to "screensaver" and running through that entire file, and then whigging out?
that would not explain the 'lost' disks, though) <BR>Anyway, as always, I
would appreciate any comments. <BR>Thanks in advance, for at least the
opportunity to post this. <BR>Jim</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>