Off topic...
Sorry,just borrow this space awhile.
Where can we claim our warranty?lifetime waranty from manufacturer?Agent or HQ?

Guys wanna ask u all, if when running the comp, than suddenly TNB current blackout/ house ELCB tripped, than the comp also sure off straight away.

Wanna ask will that spoilt my hdd ? 

how do u know its heat problem? what temp is normal?

how to detect HDD temperature?

Try sys information software such as SpeedFan, PC Wizard 2006, Everest. They give pretty detailed hardware info and temperature too

how can i get this software?

Try using a search engine eg. Google

Hello forumers, I really got a weird problem which I found it ridiculous. I never experience or heard about cases like these before.

I recently bought a Western Digital 2.5" 60GB HDD. I use the HDD in a cheap external casing mainly for storage porpose with use with my laptop. After a few days, I found that the HDD will seem to stop responding if I touch(i mean gently touch) the casing. Moreover, the data will be badly corrupted if I transfer files while touching the HDD's casing. The data will be 1-5% corrupted if I do not touch it. Then I checked more in detail. The HDD will not be detected if I place it on the floor. Once in a while, a "Delayed Write Failure" message will popup in the taskbar and I need to reconnect the HDD to the computer.

Out of all these problem, I went to the shop and I complained. After all the checking, I was amazed that HDD worked as if it is the best in the world without a problem even on my own laptop(which I am using). Conclusion, the HDD and its enclosure is 100% working.

To make the story short, I found that the HDD works perfectly if I use batteries only on the laptop. Whenever I use the adapter, the HDD gives problem. It is against the myth that batteries may not provide sufficient power to the HDD.

I know my problem is lengthy but give me some suggestions. I never seen such weird problem for all these years of computing. Sorry for being lengthy and thanks for helping... 

hi there,

got same problem as you. delayed write failed. the dreaded error message keep popping out when i try to write any file to my 2.5" seagate momentus 40GB in housed in 'ayam' brand enclosure.

after 2 weeks i finally managed to sort the problem out. my solution only applies if you're using ich4 or ich5 southbridge, found on boards using intel chipset. i'using thinkpad r51 with intel 852/855 with ICH4M southbridge.

first check the driver of your IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in Device Manager. if the Intel 80xxx controller is using pciide.sys driver, high chance you'll get delayed write fail because of this. you can refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322359/ for details.

you need to use the intelide.sys for your controller to solve the problem

gud luck

i have a maxtor HDD, for everytime i start up my pc...whenever i hear a 'clang' sound from the HDD, my pc will hang...need help to know what's the problem...thanks guys~

You all still considered lucky...

my Maxtor 20gb hdd went on flames right infront of my eyes 

I so shock I fast close the PC luckily only the hdd died 

(that happened 2 years ago)

after that I didnt buy Maxtor anymore always buy WD only 

the cause of the fire was the solder on the chip overheat because of excessive dust (closer inspection of the decease was the hdd was choking on dust cause i didnt clean the hdd and I open the case too)

so word of encouragement to you all is CLEAN YOUR PC FROM DUST REGULARLY

it happen to me and could happen to you.