On March 29, 2008 07:17:38 pm 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 same time?
John Perry
Hard drives are so cheap these days - a 750 GB SATA drive for about $120 - that it's not worth futzing with an old drive - UNLESS you have data saved on it you don't want to lose. I'd run Spinrite against it first - it's a non-destructive drive repair program you can get at grc.com. Some people have also had luck with taking the drive out and trying to read it on another system. You can also look at your SMART settings - see the article How do I make SMART Reports stop? in o.o.s.-support-general-applications in novell newsgroups. I rsync all my drives to a 750GB USB drive, myself, for that reason. -- Robert Smits CEP525G Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council Box 822 Nanaimo, V9R 5N2 Ph 250-753-0201 Fax 250-753-2954 Email labour@telus.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org