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nite-ryder · 01-10-2011, 02:37 PM

hey everyone, so i picked up the asus ul30a exactly a week ago and for the 7 days of possession i've used it for web surfing exclusively...probably 4 hours total per day at most. Just yesterday, while i was doing a search on google, the computer restarts itself for no reason whatsever..and this error comes to screen after the reboot:

SMART capable & status bad
ACHI port0 device error

...this is my first asus...does this problem re: hard disk failure occur often!?
the laptop apparently can't be recovered...so..now i'm thinking it was only 7 days of usage!? anyone have this similar problem? should i be concerned with my new one?

01-10-2011, 02:37 PM	#16
nite-ryder Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?! Join Date: May 2001 Location: . Posts: 815 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts	hey everyone, so i picked up the asus ul30a exactly a week ago and for the 7 days of possession i've used it for web surfing exclusively...probably 4 hours total per day at most. Just yesterday, while i was doing a search on google, the computer restarts itself for no reason whatsever..and this error comes to screen after the reboot: SMART capable & status bad ACHI port0 device error ...this is my first asus...does this problem re: hard disk failure occur often!? the laptop apparently can't be recovered...so..now i'm thinking it was only 7 days of usage!? anyone have this similar problem? should i be concerned with my new one? Last edited by nite-ryder; 01-10-2011 at 02:45 PM.