Computer problems

'Abd Al-Maajid said:
Is that a discontinued product?
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i don't kow, but i'm finding out now that it's nicknamed "deathstar" instead of deskstar,

Dagless said:
Do you have the specs of the IC you need?
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=( can't find the specs anywhere, don't even find the name of the thing, just "xz",
a wild shot but you think it may possibly be a sensor?
the reason i'm not just hooking any obscure thing up now is because i know the disk works and don't want the board to send it any wrong commands.
 
You can find anyone who has the same HD and replace the HD controller chip, recover the data and return the HD controller chip. Simple, no? :statisfie
 
lolz, i'm gettin' ideas now, i'm thinking of getting a new drive of same firmware and p/n, and using one board between both, that way i have double backup,
but concerned that since that too is a sh1tachi, it may fail.
 
Abz2000 said:
lolz, i'm gettin' ideas now, i'm thinking of getting a new drive of same firmware and p/n, and using one board between both, that way i have double backup,
but concerned that since that too is a sh1tachi, it may fail.
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It is a good idea, but HD prices have skyrocketed. :p

I was planning to buy a portable HD but then I decided to buy a laptop itself rather than spending a large amount on just a HD.
 
true, i'd be paying double, yeah, better to find an ic for now or somehow get hitachi to replace this one, but then they'd demand my old one first.
think it would be wrong to but a new one and swap the controller board then return the new one since mine is still under warranty and they'd have to replace it anyway?, or back up to the new one and just get the old one replaced, but again, that would mean having 2 crappy hdds
 
Abz2000 said:
true, i'd be paying double, yeah, better to find an ic for now or somehow get hitachi to replace this one, but then they'd demand my old one first.
think it would be wrong to but a new one and swap the controller board since mine is still under warranty and they'd have to replace it anyway?
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Will they preserve the data?
 
Abz2000 said:
true, i'd be paying double, yeah, better to find an ic for now or somehow get hitachi to replace this one, but then they'd demand my old one first.
think it would be wrong to but a new one and swap the controller board then return the new one since mine is still under warranty and they'd have to replace it anyway?, or back up to the new one and just get the old one replaced, but again, that would mean having 2 crappy hdds
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Call them and explain the situation to see if they can send you just the board and you can send yours.
If they say no, and you don't know what the IC does, then the only thing you can do is buy the same disk again.
 
'Abd Al-Maajid said:
Will they preserve the data?
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they wouldn't take any responsibility for it for sure, no one does unless they're crazy and want to risk getting sued.

and even if they agree to replace just the board, i don't want to risk sending them 5 years of stuff with no secondary backup and it getting misplaced or lost in the post.

i have emailed them and waiting to see how they'll resolve it.
 
Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting our Hitachi Technical Support.

Unfortunately, we do not supply hard disk components,
we only replace complete units. I also do not recommend
swapping the controller board with this device as it is
most likely not gonna work. Modern hard disks are somewhat
"married" to the controllers on a software level and
require specific programming that we do not support.

Please contact a data recovery service if the data is indispensable.

Best regards,
 
Abz2000 said:
Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting our Hitachi Technical Support.

Unfortunately, we do not supply hard disk components,
we only replace complete units. I also do not recommend
swapping the controller board with this device as it is
most likely not gonna work. Modern hard disks are somewhat
"married" to the controllers on a software level and
require specific programming that we do not support.

Please contact a data recovery service if the data is indispensable.

Best regards,
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LOL! That's very unprofessional!
If I would have replied to a client in the way he did, I would have received a warning letter from my manager. ;D

And, yes, you can try contacting the data recovery service. But it is highly unlikely that replacement of the chip wont work (at least that's what I think). You can still try to replace the chip imho.
 
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lol, that's how i speak with my customers, very casual personal level, including words like crap and dumb, but in a nice way in way of advice about economic viability :)
can't help it, it just comes naturally and is usually quite good for communication purposes, dunno about writing "dunno" in a professional email though, but i believe his expertise is valued.

it has something to do with the fact that the disk health, sector, mapping etc info is written into an eeprom somewhere on the controller board,
i could still get the board and change the burnt ic, that way all the history stays intact.
gonna try it insha Allah and let u know how it goes,


lolol if you were amused at that email, check this one from a few years back :)

----- Original Message -----
From: eBay Member: abz2000123
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:53 AM
Subject: Message from eBay Member Regarding Item #220247899353
Dear ajb_spares,


hi aj, you have not yet responded to my messages, i asked you to inform me if you've sent out my amilo l1300 and when to expect it,
regards,
abz
- abz2000123


reply from ajb_spares

We aint even looked at yet,,but if your in a rush we will send it back to unrepaired whats up do think you wont get it back its a total piece of crap..its on its way unrepaired..

:raging:
 
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^ any luck, bro with the IC and the HD?

I've been using Ubuntu Oneric on my laptop and recently after an update, the startup and shutdown times has been drastically increased...I dont know what went wrong :( @Dagless help me...it's taking about 30 seconds to shutdown...
 
'Abd Al-Maajid said:
^ any luck, bro with the IC and the HD?

I've been using Ubuntu Oneric on my laptop and recently after an update, the startup and shutdown times has been drastically increased...I dont know what went wrong :( @Dagless help me...it's taking about 30 seconds to shutdown...
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Might be the network manager (old issue but I didn't get it). Try:

sudo mv /etc/rc6.d/S35networking /etc/rc6.d/S15networking
sudo mv /etc/rc0.d/S35networking /etc/rc0.d/S15networking

You can name them back if it doesn't work.
 
Light reading? You mean about the five lights below 'Ubuntu' on the splash screen?

Yes, I've noticed that they glow and run normally until a certain point when only one of them would glow red (the first one) and it seems the shutdown process is frozen then and after that the first two'd glow red and it seems the shutdown process has been frozen again and after sometime they resume to run normally and the computer would shutdown. Man, just now i've checked and it is taking 50 seconds to shutdown...:( :crying:

I also see a performance degradation after the update...:(


And the renaming of files didn't work it is still taking a long time to shutdown. I feel like i am using a Windows machine...:p

One more issue with the Fn keys. I cant get all of them to work. I tried searching the internet and asked about it on Ubuntu Forums with no luck. :|

Fn+Esc - Mute/Unmute - Working
Fn+F1 - Lock - Not working
Fn+F3 - Suspend - Working
Fn+F4 - Hibernate - Not working
Fn+F6 - Brightness Increase - working
Fn+F7 - Brightness decrease - working
Fn+F8 - Switch on/off wireless - not working
Fn+F11 - activate numberpad - working
And some of the functions, I dont even know about them.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1938584
 
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assalam o alaikum

i have accidentally clicked some thing and the size of the forum have reduced.. every thing appears so tiny..
how to bring it back to the original size?
 
:sl:

try this one sis : at right side of top in ur screen , there is restore down option.Click on that .
 

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