PJG1173
02-03-2014, 02:24 AM
I just want to throw this out there for people in case they run into this issue. A week ago my data logging laptop gave up the ghost and the lcd went out. not being cost effective to fix I bought a new to me laptop. Its a toshiba A505 with a bad hard drive. after replacing the hard drive and reloading the factory software and tuner pro I went out and started datalogging again. after a couple days of logging and making corrections I started to notice the tune was getting worse not better. upon futher inspection of my logs I found breaks in the time sometimes 2 seconds or more of data was missing. I tried different ADX files, multiple reboots, and differnet drivers. about fed up with this laptop after banging my head against it for 2 days straight I smacked the keyboard while trying to record data, low and behold the log paused for a second so I smacked it again and the same thing happened. after further research I found this laptop has a HDD protection program running on it that was parking the heads of the hard drive when it detected vibration (assuming bumps in the road). from the manufactures site:
"Using the acceleration sensor built in the PC, HDD Protection detects vibration, shocks and similar signs in the PC, and automatically moves the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) head to a safe position to reduce the risk of damage that could be caused by head-to-disk contact."
To make a long story short if you have this feature it would be wise to disable it while datalogging if you have a rough riding vehicle...
"Using the acceleration sensor built in the PC, HDD Protection detects vibration, shocks and similar signs in the PC, and automatically moves the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) head to a safe position to reduce the risk of damage that could be caused by head-to-disk contact."
To make a long story short if you have this feature it would be wise to disable it while datalogging if you have a rough riding vehicle...