[chat] Re: [SLUG] Can hard disk behaviour be an indicator of a dodgy power supply

[Michael Lake <mikel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,

Have posted this reply to Terry here as I think its more appropriate :-)

Terry Collins wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with a dodgy power supply killing scsi
> hard disks?
> I've just rebuilt a file server a number of times as a succession of
> scsi hard disks have failed. The pattern was fairly similar.
> They would become musical - the ting ting ting of the "head" hitting the
> stop, then about 24 hours later, there would be major problems with
.....
> So I'm wondering if my problem is really a intermittently dodgy power
> supply and asking if anyone has experienced anything similar.

Ah just look up google with "ting ting ting"
and we find the answer:

Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting 

Text by Thomas Middleton (1570?-1627), Blurt, Master Constable. 
Set by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), op. 60, from Nocturne for 
tenor solo, seven obligato instruments and string orchestra, no. 4. 

 Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting,
 Then dogs do howl, and not a bird does sing
 But the nightingale, and she cries twit, twit, twit;
 Owls then on every bough do sit;
 Ravens croak on chimneys' tops;
 The cricket in the chamber hops;
 The nibbling mouse is not asleep,
 But he goes peep, peep, peep, peep, peep;
 And the cats cry mew, mew, mew,
 And still the cats cry mew, mew, mew.

Check the logs and see if the failure was at midnight :-)

Mike
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Michael Lake
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Safety Convenor, Australian Speleological Federation
Owner, Speleonics (Australia)
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