In message <4eb41220a0rkp@xxxxxxxxx> Richard Partridge <rkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In article <4eb2fc47a1charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In article <3454f1b24e.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David J. Ruck > > <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 10 Feb 2007 Simon Smith <simon_smith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The problem was that the old disk was generating disk error 26 > > > > at frequent intervals - perhaps 2-3 times daily. > > > > Error 26 is a cable fault, which indicates either the cable or in > > > this case more likely to be an issue with the disc controller. > > > and that is the error I got initially when the fault turned out to > > be a dodgy psu. > > Ditto. Replacing the PSU has banished the problem for me too. It does look like the slightly weedy 250W PCU is one of the first things to suspect when one gets funny problems on Iyonices. My old PSU was a Hirolchi Electronics Company HEC-250-LR-AT model, if that helps anyone in future. Simon Smith -- Have you heard of the International Obfuscated Perl Code Competition? Each contestant is shown ten Perl programs - five that have been written normally and five that have been deliberately obfuscated. In order to win, you just have to decide which is which. --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support