Hardware:Zip:Plug

[Brian Cluff]

Woah! you have 2 of the worst viri out there!  Both are different strains of
the same virus, but can cause terrible data corruption and loss.  They also
cause your computer to hang randomly.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Anyway, I have heard of zip drives causeing
problems, but it would have had to have been one of the first generation of
internal drive.
There could have been another batch of bad ones some time after that though,
I lost track after I stopped using mine.

Brian Cluff
----- Original Message -----

> This is not a true Linux question.  I have several computers.  Two are
> almost identical amd500's.  I set one up as follows
>
> amd500
> 256mb ram
> 14gig WD ultradma66 7200rpm
> some video card?
> 1.44
> sony 48x cd
> plexwriter cd rewriter 8/4/32A
> 100mb zip internal
> O/S = W2K Server.
>
> The problem was intermittent data errors, kernel32 errors, and program
> fatal errors.
>
> I transferred the
>
> video card
> plexwriter cd rewriter 8/4/32A
> 100mb zip internal
> ram
>
> into another box containing  amd500 and the same type motherboard,
> along with a 20.5 gig ultradma66 7200rpm hard drive.
>
> I loaded Win98 and all was well for a week or so.  I read a disk on
> the zip drive and began to experience the same problems as on the W2K
> Server.  I later turned off the computer and when I tried to reboot I
> got an error that the hard drive was not readable.  I cold and warm
> booted the computer 5 or 6 times and it started to work.
>
> Today it would not boot again.  I removed the zip and all is fine.
>
> Now here is the question.  I was told by a friend that these zip
> drives cause a lot of trouble as a rule.  He says they cause bus
> problems.
>
> So now I wonder if I have a bad drive or some hardware
> incompatibility.
>
> Any and all input desired and appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
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