on 8/4/03 10:10 AM, Timothy Virkkala at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an LC 520. Actually I have many LC 520s, but I'm talking about a > particular one. > > I updated some software on it the other day, and the hard disk went down. > > So I pulled an identical hard drive (well, near-identical) from another LC > 5xx machine, and put it in. And I tried adding some software. That hard > drive went down, too. (Question-mark error at start-up.) > > Are these two hard drive failures coincidents or is something else going > on? Can a motherboard destroy hard drives? > > curiously, > > > > > - t > > "I know . . . I know . . . I use too many ellipses. . . ."
I'd bet it's tied to a termination issue or SCSI chip on the board failing, maybe? I'd try to put the drive back in a known-working machine and doing that software update. If it fails, there'd be a problem with the software you're trying to use, maybe? Jeff -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
