on 9/12/03 12:08 PM, G-List at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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
Hi Nils and all; Thanks for the reply. I only use it mainly to mirror my main drive, a 40 GB Maxtor, which has less than 4GB's on it so I can T'shoot from either drive. I'll probably get another ATA drive and one of those special ATA cables that PeterH sells and do away with SCSI drives altogether unless I run upon a good deal on another SCSI drive. --Thanks; Rev. George --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh) -- 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
