On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 06:10:02PM -0500 or thereabouts, Rev. George G. Guillory wrote: [snip] > I tried zapping the PRAM 10 times, still no dice. I shut down, pulled the > side panel and cover on the drive bay and jiggled all the connections on the > drive and nothing seemed loose. I restarted and tapped on the SCSI drive as > it was booting and it booted off the SCSI drive. [snip]
I have had a few scsi drives do this to me. In a few cases, it seemed that the motor couldn't spin up the platters, so it wouldn't finish performing it's self-testing and thus not show up on the scsi chain. But if jiggled while starting, they worked like a charm, until you had to cold power on next time. So, from personal experience, something like this doesn't sound like the drive is really healthy. It may have not bad sectors, but if it's having troubles spinning up, you might probably won't want to waste too much time before replacing it. Hope this helps. -nils -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
