---- Jayson Rowe <jayson.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:
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...
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.
OK, I guess it wasn't perfectly clear that the rescue system is on a bootable dvd. Why would a bad hard drive keep the dvd (on a different ATA bus) from loading a module? jp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org