On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, James Knott wrote:
j.e.perry@cox.net wrote:
I have a desktop with an Asus K8V-X SE motherboard. It recently stopped booting, saying the hard drive failed smart tests.
But when I try to go into the rescue system to save my data, the installer goes through the warning to save my data and replace the drive, then hangs when it tries to load via82cxxx, even when I give the kernel parameter "brokenmodules=via82cxxx", as the installer advises during boot.
So, is it safe to say my motherboard is broken, and the hard drive probably ok? Or are the problems independent, implying that both broke at about the
I think you have it the wrong way around - if your Drive is failing the SMART test, that means the drive is most likely going bad, not the motherboard. If you need to get critical data off of the drive before it stops working completely, you should be able to disable SMART temporarily in the BIOS, save your data, and then replace the drive ASAP. I would say your motherboard is fine (unless I've grossly mis-understood your question). -jayson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org