I recently noticed read errors retrieving data from the LS Live. The hard drive would be making a ticking noise and then the read would time out and fail. I dissassembled the unit and ran the Samsung utility on the drive and during the read scan it found lots of ECC and media errors. When I re-assembled the unit and plugged it back in I noticed the fan is not spinning. This may be the cause of the HD failure. Should I expect the fan to spin up on powerup or is it normal to only start spinning after the box has warmed up. If the latter is the case, perhaps the fan is fine and all I need to do is wait a while. So far it is ten minutes and no fan movement is happening.
If the fan is bad, I will replace both it and the drive, I just want to make sure I am not off in left field.
A second question. I presume I should replace with a Samsung Spinpoint F1 drive, like what is in it now, for compatibility. But if the firmeware doesn't care, can I use any drive?
CuriousMark
Edit: P.S. I have my answer on the fan, it is spinning now. Any suggestions on what drive model to buy is still welcome. Thanks in advance.
I waited another ten minutes and when I checked the fan was running. It is probably controlled by a temperature sensor on the drive or the processor board. My old Kurobox was not so civilized so I was needlessly worrying that something was broke when indeed nothing was wrong with the fan at all.
I have plenty of choices of drives at Newegg. Thanks for the advice.