MOTHERBOARD, HARD DISK, VIDEO CARD, RAM, & LAPTOP REPAIR SPECIALIST

[trunks]

Sir ruel naa ta ko ask nimo about sa akong HD kong unsa ang guba, dili na siya ma detect and then ang sulod sa HD magkalakala... Unsay defect ana sir ruel?

[avatar_of_woe]

jumper 2-3, Clear CMOS config? when you put the jumper in this setting and try to boot, you can't. it will send electric pulses to your boards eeprom to clear your CMOS of the settings you changed. the settings will return to their stocks.

but when the pc is running and you pull out your jumper and change it. thats a different story. in my case, when i tried it with my board, i get a crash and i have to properly clear my CMOS.

[ruelnov]

that's right.

if your mobo manual says that jumper 2-3 is equivalent to clearing CMOS, you cannot boot your system with that position because the CMOS circuitry is effectively grounded.

but if your system is still able to boot at that clear CMOS position, then that tells you that something is wrong with the CMOS circuitry and that's why you have those kinds of problems after boot up. medyo nayabag na ba.

[ruelnov]

Quote: Originally Posted by trunks Sir ruel naa ta ko ask nimo about sa akong HD kong unsa ang guba, dili na siya ma detect and then ang sulod sa HD magkalakala... Unsay defect ana sir ruel?

Kon dili ma-detect and magkala-kala:
Defective logic board, or corrupted firmware zone.

This is the hardest to repair of all HD troubles.

The kala-kala or knocking sound is produced by the Actuator Arm's constantly hitting the side stops in its effort to read the firmware zone so that the HD can be initialized.

And when the firmware modules are indeed unreadable/corrupted, you need to write a fresh copy of it onto the service area of the platter, or you can attempt to repair the corrupted modules (but only if you can access and view them).

[AMD_infinium05]

sir ruel... I have my HD.... ma-detect cya sa BIOS... sakto ang model ug size. but when trying to format or partition.. the HD makes some kinda beeps....and im not able to do what I want for the HD. not those clicking noise produced by the actuator arms... kinda weird.... it start to beep2 when trying to make operations with it...

unsa kaha ni? :

[ruelnov]

those beeps mean some sectors are very hard to read. i mean, it takes a long time to read by the HD Controller, sending a timeout signal.

these hard-to-read sectors are worn out sectors but not yet physically bad, taking more than 500 milliseconds to read by the heads. and if these weak sectors are not removed soon, these will trigger further wear on the heads assembly, etc.

here are the typical sector read times:

less than 50 ms --- top condition, very fast disk access
less than 150 ms --- satisfactory condition, not a cause of concern, expected to last very long hours of service

greater than 150 ms but less than 500 ms --- unreliable on read/write, causes the HD to overheat on long hours of use due to the high number of read retries and causes controller timeout, sign of wear on electomagnetic coating

greater than 500 ms --- extreme wear, needs to be remapped out of OS use very soon before it causes further HD damage

greater than 3000 ms --- BAD SECTOR, causing the HD to hang due to failure to carry out read/write operation


So how do you repair HD so it could last long?
Erase all sectors giving read times greater than 150 ms, not just the bad sectors.

You see, simply erasing bad sectors is only a quick fix because you are still left with sectors giving read times from 150 ms and above. That is why you need specialized tools before you can do professional type of HD repair.

[AMD_infinium05]

ah.... okie.... thnx...

[trunks]

Thanks kaayu sir......

[antols]

bai....naa ko P4 asus 133 mobo wla na mo display, First ato battery error ra cya gi replisan og battery wla na mo display...na short cguro to kay wla man gi unplug..maayo kaha to? pilay charge?

[ruelnov]

i-check lang nato bro, although I believe dako ang chance nga maayo.

[antols]

k, pwede pick up bro...kay wla manko ka dumdum aning imong sketch...RBS subangdaku ko mandaue. unya pilay charge ani?

[ruelnov]

kon unsay naka-post nga service charge didto sa page 1 ani nga post, mao ro jud na bro. Inclusive nana whatever parts ilisanan, and no surprise charges whatsoever. Pili lang ka if you want warranty ba or not.

since i work here at Ayala Area, we could just meet after 6 pm. just text me 09275193317, or you can catch me online via msn msgr or yahoo msgr ( ruelnovabos@hotmail.com, or ruelnov@yahoo.com).

[CARSAMOVVA]

i have an MSI mobo, the problem is that when i start installing XP OS it will suddenly stop and hang. it is a P3 mobo. i tried to test the CPU and other Dimms and its ok, only the MSI mobo has a problem . . .
can you diagnose and repair for this kind of problem, coz im interseted

[ruelnov]

yes, i can.

but i suggest you try installing Win98 instead of XP to rule out any XP-related issue with your mobo. reformat your HD, then do a clean install of Win98. If everything goes fine, it's not a mobo prob.

[wangyo]

bossing..naa nasad ko! YOU DID IT AGAIN!!!

Guys, the brilliance of mr Novabos here again showed it well. My Maxtor 40GB HDD has more than just a track 0 error on it plus mag bad sectors too (as what he explained it before). I tried reformatting it over and over again and yet it cant accept the data i'm copying. when i let bossing chack and repair my HDD, it was working perfectly well...i dont how he did it but his geniusness shows it all... tanks again bossing.. you save my @$$ again...