Bad Bad Bad Bad News.

Azrael2709Azrael2709 Join Date: 2003-05-27 Member: 16760Members
in NS Customization
Well, my modeling days are over for now. Just today my computer's hard drive died. I don't know how it happened, but it keeps making a clicking noise like something is wrong, and it won't detect a hard drive =(. So I guess my need for an animator for my C-10 rifle is gone. And I was just working on a Metroid Prime gun model that I was done with that I needed to skin =(. I can't play NS either anymore until I get a new hard drive either. So I guess I'll just be on the forums from time to time. I'm on a crappy old computer if you're wondering how I'm typing this. And I just don't have enough money right now to get a new hard drive =\. So later.
If anyone wants to play Tribes (the only thing this computer can run) I'll be playing that <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> .
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  • DeronokDeronok Join Date: 2003-03-17 Member: 14613Members
    Dang dude, that blows :\ hope you get it going agian soon
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    nooooooooooooo what about our starcraft mod for ns?? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> do u still hav the thingy u made? shield battery??
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  • voogruvoogru Naturally Modified (ex. NS programmer) Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1827Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    Lemme guess, it was an IBM drive?

    <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • JamilJamil Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4829Members
    edited June 2003
    Clicking noises and no detecting harddrive means your harddrive won't start spinning. Open your case up if you're allowed to, and tap the harddrive gently(while it is turned on, so mind what you do). It should start spinning. Your computer might be dusty. Oh yeah, and before you touch anything, ground yourself by touching the metal frame of your case.

    If you know where your harddrive is located, you don't really need to open it up. Just give it some light bangs near the harddrive until it starts working. Fixes most things. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Azrael2709Azrael2709 Join Date: 2003-05-27 Member: 16760Members
    It's a Western Digital hard drive. Actually the story behind it is that I got that one a while ago and then it screwed up. It was still under warrainty and so I sent it back a few months ago and they sent me a new one. The new one was only 8 gigs though. They didnt even replace it! They just got rid of all the malfunctioning sections of the hard drive and sent me it back. Bunch of cheapskates. Jamil, I already tried that. I did a slight tapping to a not-really-that-forceful banging. *sigh*. Before I send it back to Western Digital with a complaint that they suck, I will at least get it looked at by a specialist.
    I think I uploaded my Shield Battery on Geocities. Either way it was my very first model and pretty crappy anyways. =p. I'd have to re-do it.
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  • XenoHazardXenoHazard Join Date: 2003-05-05 Member: 16085Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Azrael2709+Jun 14 2003, 12:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Azrael2709 @ Jun 14 2003, 12:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, my modeling days are over for now. Just today my computer's hard drive died. I don't know how it happened, but it keeps making a clicking noise like something is wrong, and it won't detect a hard drive =(. So I guess my need for an animator for my C-10 rifle is gone. And I was just working on a Metroid Prime gun model that I was done with that I needed to skin =(. I can't play NS either anymore until I get a new hard drive either. So I guess I'll just be on the forums from time to time. I'm on a crappy old computer if you're wondering how I'm typing this. And I just don't have enough money right now to get a new hard drive =\. So later.
    If anyone wants to play Tribes (the only thing this computer can run) I'll be playing that <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> . <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I've had thos prblem before on my old IBM HD. I managed to get it running after every time it quit. Don't ask how, every time was different. Once you have your new HD, see if you can somehow kickstart the spinning then grab every thing you need while you still can.
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  • Azrael2709Azrael2709 Join Date: 2003-05-27 Member: 16760Members
    Alright Xeno, thanks for the tip.
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  • CaptainPanakaCaptainPanaka Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4718Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--voogru+Jun 14 2003, 08:21 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (voogru @ Jun 14 2003, 08:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Lemme guess, it was an IBM drive?

    <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    mwahahaha.... my IBM died last december - now I have a new Maxtor HDD <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ViPrViPr Resident naysayer Join Date: 2002-10-17 Member: 1515Members
    edited June 2003
    i've never had this problem and i wonder why everybody else that has PCs has this problem. however i do have an old 100MHZ computer where when i turn it on it thinks there is no hard drive connected so all i have to do is hit the computer and then it works. i've never lost access to my data coz of a hard disk breaking in all my 15 years of using PCs (not using the same PC for 15 years mind you).
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    edited June 2003
    never beat your computer... i think your power cable got abad connection to the harddrive...

    i got a ibm hd too... i buy never ever a ibm hd again... it runned well for a half year in a active cooled aluminium rack. one day it crashed badly while copying some data from one partition to the other on the same hd. i restarted my machine without problems,not even a dataloss.. ive deleted different stuff from the partition where the computer crashed.. at the point where the computer deleted the folder,where i want to paste my data in ,crashed my machine again..

    hhhmm... DATASYSTEM ERROR MAYBE! ok..at the next reboot i do a scandisk,i want to play some svencoop now... ive finished playing,restarted my computer and runned scandisk.. 60% finished... then this well known and feared noise ..*tink* .......................*tink**tink*.........*tink* *tink* *tink* (°_°) scandisk killed my harddisk completly... maybe if i hadnt runed scandisk ,i still could backup my data..

    the other time my baracuda died.. ive used a very good hardisk cooler.. one day the main bearing jamed.. i dont realized that first because i still heared the linear electro motor...what ive not knowed there was some kind of fluid or hop coupling...
    ive opent the harddisk and connected it to the power..hmm.. the disk wont spin..but i hear the motor... ive tried to spin the disk at the center by hand.. lol.. it was like glued.. but it turned easier with every spin..after a while the motor was strong enough to spin the disk itself. ive closed it and copied as much data as possible to my other hd... that was very close..
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    lol my bros hd which was the same as urs packed in last year <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> i think its that cheapy brand name
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  • JimJim Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9989Members
    it's funny, I always hear people bitching about Matrox, but mine works perfectly <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • PFCNublarPFCNublar Join Date: 2003-04-23 Member: 15792Members
    Oh meh god...its like everytime a SC model is nearing release, it has to be like smitten by some divine intervention
    ...
    every single god damn time
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    yea ur right... i may just release what i got from my pylon... it just sits there but it does summin <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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