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Franc Zabkar
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On 25 Feb 2005 16:29:44 -0800,
put finger to keyboard
and composed:
Bad RAM most likely.
JURB
I can see how bad RAM on the HD's PCB could cause this, but I can't
see how bad system RAM could be a factor. Bad system RAM would result
in corrupt data being written to the HD, and the HD would then
calculate and write a valid CRC based on this corrupt data, but this
would not give rise to a bad sector. A bad sector would be one where
the data read back from it does not match the CRC recorded with it.
This could happen if there was a media fault, or if the HD RAM was
faulty (???).
- Franc Zabkar
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