Subject: Re: Trans OS X-Post: What do people do about obtaining non-shingled
laptop drives? [Update]
On 06/04/2023 16:02, Java Jive wrote:
Please excuse the Linux/Windows crosspost, this is a question about HD hardware relevant to both OSs!
I have a Dell Precision M6300 that is slowing down really badly, and I suspect, but have yet to prove, that the HD is failing.
But the rest of the thread showed that actually the HD was fine, and
that when I ran the Dell Diagnostic Tests, it showed that the CPU fan
was not working as expected.
I put the PC aside for a while, but then took it to bits and found that
the reason the fan was not working was that it had been disconnected, presumably deliberately, because when I reconnected it, it was very
noisy. I swapped it for another slightly quieter one, and now the
laptop is working normally again.
Of course, I could skip the shingles problem by going for an SSD, but
have not really explored this up til now. Experience and thoughts on
that would be welcome too.
I bought 3 x Samsung EVO SSDs for that and my other two best PCs, and am
very pleased with the result, so thank you to those who recommended them.
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