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T60 random rebooting issues
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Posted by: high1

I have a Sony T-60 which I added an Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm drive using MFS tools 2.0 about 6 months ago. The upgrade went smooth, as all I did was add/marry the new drive. Things worked fine for about 3 months, and then went south. The system will randomly reboot from time to time, and I haven't found any sort of pattern. My first inclination is that I have a bad disk drive, but am not sure. The temp in the unit stays at a consistent 49C, which from what I read, is normal. One more note is this problem seemed to surface after I did the 3.1 upgrade, but Sony and DirecTv claim that there are no known issue with 3.1. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Posted by: litzdog911

First step would be to open up your T60 and check & reseat all of your drive cables -- both the IDE and power cables. It's possible that something simply worked loose over the past months.

Posted by: weaknees

After that, check your drives in your PC with the appropriate manufacturer's tools. Bad drives with corrupt software can reboot when they fail - sometimes without the green screen. You also could be having power supply issues. Have you been having brownouts or thunderstorms?

Michael

Posted by: reef

I was having the same problem after a upgrade and found it to be a heat related issue. It has ceased to be a problem since I took the cover off to let the heat escape. I was getting higher heat readings than you before the cover removal however. Try removing the cover and see if that helps. I have mine stacked in a cabinet on top of several other amps and a vcr, which adds to the heat problem. If I remember correctly, I was getting 54 degree readings before the removal and now am getting readings of 50 or lower.
Dan

Posted by: scubajoe

I had simular problem but reboot will happen from during start up process to a few minutes after. I put back the original 40gig drive and no problems. I have alot of programing I really need to save is there away to only replace the system files and save the programs??

Posted by: high1

Thanks to all for your replies.