On 9/25/2007 2:03 PM, Paul G. Allen wrote:
First SCSI drive to fail in many years (first one ever that I have
purchased new). It's an IBM drive that I bought new sometime around the
year ~2000.
Long story short, it's my server and rarely ever gets turned off. I
turned it off during the hot weather to save on the A/C bill. When I
powered it up again, the drive will not spin up. The controller sees it,
tries to tell it to start, it won't listen.
Anyone have any ideas that might get it spinning again? Anyone got a
reliable, cheap 36GB Ultra160 drive - cheap? (yes, I did say cheap
twice :) )
Possible it's a mechanical hangup (bad bearing). Try taking it out and
give it a twist with your wrist, to spin the platters with respect to
the case. I'm not sure if I've had that work, but I always thought it might.
I had a SCSI drive quit this summer too, in much the same situation. The
controller doesn't even see it.
Karl
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