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Support and General Use => Hardware => Topic started by: Koziasty on April 28, 2007, 08:09:27 AM

Title: Rockbox makes iAudio x5's disk crash (ATA=-1) - true or false?
Post by: Koziasty on April 28, 2007, 08:09:27 AM

Hi, some time ago I bought an iAudio x5, and installed rockbox on it. I was using it for about 3 months (Maxwen's build - or something like that, sorry, i can't remeber), when I got an error ATA=-1. Luckily, I was able to get it repaired via the company i bought it from (though they did say rockbox is not supported and my guarantee is voided).
Anyways, i got the player back - but with the original software which is, at least compared to rockbox, crap. I am thinking about installing rockbox again, but am a bit concerned - is there somebody who could for 100% say that it was not rockbox that contributed towards the damage?

I know it says you give no guarantee on how rockbox will work - please do notice im not saying its your fault, I am just asking for your opinions

Regards,
Koziasty

Title: Re: Rockbox makes iAudio x5's disk crash (ATA=-1) - true or false?
Post by: gnu on April 28, 2007, 11:03:01 AM

I think it's impossible for rockbox to ruin your HDD. But I don't know for sure.

Title: Re: Rockbox makes iAudio x5's disk crash (ATA=-1) - true or false?
Post by: Koziasty on April 29, 2007, 05:41:24 AM

Frankly, I don't know what ruined the hard drive itself - maybe it was the battery that pumped itself up, and created too high a pressure on the drive?
Thanks for your opinion :-)

Title: Re: Rockbox makes iAudio x5's disk crash (ATA=-1) - true or false?
Post by: gnu on April 29, 2007, 12:33:14 PM

I don't know too much about HDDs, but as far as I know rockbox simply tells the harddisc to "read from that adress" or "write to that adress".  It's very unlikely that rockbox can ruin your HDD using this commands!

Title: Re: Rockbox makes iAudio x5's disk crash (ATA=-1) - true or false?
Post by: Koziasty on April 29, 2007, 05:47:10 PM

As I said - I am not sure if RockBox damaged the harddrive, or caused the battery to swell up (ive seen such a case [battery swelling when Rockbox used] on the internet), or if it has no effect whatsoever.

My question is - is there any possibility RockBox damaged anything within my player that might have caused it to display message ATA=-1.
Thanks!



Thank you. I am willing to give RockBox one more go :] I guess.

Title: Re: Rockbox makes iAudio x5's disk crash (ATA=-1) - true or false?
Post by: Llorean on April 29, 2007, 06:56:38 PM

Battery swelling is common without Rockbox installed as well, and happens regularly enough to clearly be simply a manufacturing issue with some batteries.

As for ATA = -1, this can be caused by a variety of issues, one common one is a swolen battery preventing the disk from spinning.