I can't help on the data recovery, and it's a little late now, but I recommend a simple $40 UPS to be sure this doesn't happen again. I have most of my electronics hooked up to APC UPSs and I couldn�t be happier. When there are brownouts/blackouts, they compensate, keeping everything safe and runs long enough for me to finish what I'm doing.
Paul On 12/14/03 3:34 PM, "Bruce Godfrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fellow 1st PowerMac'ers, > > There have been a number of electrical disturbances in my > area recently. They have been complete power failures, and > low-voltage episodes, "brownouts", where the lights dim for a while > and then come back up to normal intensity. I think this has caused > some kind of accumulating damage to my system and I am looking for > advice on how to respond. > > I have a 6100/60 with A Sonnet 400Mhz G3, 256 Mb RAM, system 8.1. > Most of my files have been kept on an external 8.5 Gb HD, an old full > height Seagate Elite 9 housed in a generic SCSI box. The box has > three of the 4-pin power connectors inside it, presumably because it > could hole 3 1/3 height drives. The Elite 9 takes up the whole > thing, though. I leave the drive and computer turned on just about > all the time because it has been my experience that drives last > forever, figuratively speaking, if they are not turned on and off > much. > > There have been a number of brief power fluctuations that have caused > the external drive to shut down even as I sit here and type, but > which have no effect on the 6100 itself. It has always come back on > if I turn it off, wait 5 seconds, and turn it back on. Then, Friday > I was working at the computer and the Elite 9 just powered down. > After waiting a while for the Mac to sort things out, I was able to > save the file I had open on the smaller internal HD. Then I got into > the scsi box to check on the power supply. It was dead, making at > most 1 volt across any combination of pins. > > Worse, I tried connecting a power supply from another 1/2 height SCSI > box to the Elite 9 drive, and it still wouldn't respond. I confirmed > that the spare box supply was putting out 5 and 12 volts as it is > supposed to. > > 2 questions: > > 1. Is the 6100 likely to croak soon becuase of the low voltage episodes? > > 2. Anyone know any trick to resurrect a drive which has failed > after the power supply feeding it dies? This could turn into a an > expensive problem for me becuase I have gotten too lackadaisical > about data back-ups on the external drive. > > > Thansk, > Bruce Godfrey > Kenmore, WA -- "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." [Ayn Rand] -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
