I have a Seagate ST118273W/Barracuda 18 (7.2K) 18GB drive in an APS Pro external case attached to an Adaptec 2940UW card in a PCPro 210 w/PowerLogix G3/400 w/320 MB of RAM running OS 8.6, with a Belkin USB 1.1 card for a Logitech optical mouse..
From time to time this drive will seemingly go to sleep with a hard 'clank' and then wake up when another drive is accessed - sometimes w/o problem - but sometimes will 'freeze' open applications so that, although cursor will respond to mouse movement commands, restart is required as no applications can be accessed. Otherwise works OK; Norton, Diskwarrior and TechTool find no problems. When the drive is turned off - it's the first external drive on the SCSI UW chain, the next being an IBM 4.5GB 'W' drive in an APS Pro case, which is where the chain is terminated - there are no problems; and never any problems with the IBM drive. And the problem is the same with G3/400 or with original 604e/210. I am running Sleeper, and have set this drive set to NOT sleep, so I'm mystified as to what's happening, and why. Help appreciated. bill fuller -- PCI-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> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
