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[Klaus Wölfel <k.woelfel@xxxxxx>]

I had very similar problems with my HD. I think the reason was that I
switched several times between IDE and AHCI mode in Bios. I've read
somwher that this can lead to HD problems. So in the end I stayed in
AHCI mode and after some days there were no more errors.

Greetings

Klaus

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:20 AM,  <sulpicius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, regarding the reliability of my Timeline laptop:
>
> I own my 3810T since the 14th of July and tomorrow I am going to send it
> to the Acer Service Center already for the second time. While at the first
> time it was because the display backlight didn't turn on anymore (already
> after 2 days), I am now not only affected by the
> 3410/3810-microphone-cable-"voluntary safety recall" like many others
> (see: http://bit.ly/fwUKR ) but I am also facing a harddisk malfunction
> that frequently caused/causes severe file system errors (and subsequently
> disables the harddisk while a both optically and functionally quite
> trimmed Ubuntu keeps on running in a very spooky way) and/or doesn't let
> me boot at all because there is "no bootable device -- insert boot disk
> and press any key".
>
> Fortunately my dual-boot-Vista was so kind to not let me wait too long to
> get blue-screened evidence that it is actually not an Ubuntu- or
> Grub-related problem.
>
> I am still not sure whether it is because of a defective harddisk (maybe
> even as a result of the overheating microphone cable which very closely
> passes the HD?) or because the harddisk seems to be built in a little bit
> loosely: when opening the HD-lid, I sometimes was able to observe a small
> gap where the HD is connected to the bus. After pushing the HD towards the
> connection and thereby closing this tiny gap I had the impression that it
> took some time until the file system errors reoccurred. I am also under
> the impression that the HD was usually disabled after carrying the laptop
> around and once, when the system refused to boot for five consecutive
> times, I just tried to fix it by shaking the laptop while tilting it to
> the right side (in order to make the HD slide into the connector) and - at
> the next attempt it booted.
>
> Did anyone have similar experiences? Hopefully not, this issue is really
> getting tiring...
>
> @Nick Glynn: What exactly happend after your laptop began to fail to turn on?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Max
>
>> Just wondering how anyone else has found the reliability on this laptop.
> I've
>> just had to return mine after it began to fail to turn on before
> eventually giving up all together. I know this isn't really a
> Ubuntu/software thing
> but
>> these things all add up for those considering buying one as a Linux
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