> 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.
I've had this same problem happen with a Maxtor 60GB IDE drive in my 7300, which would happen about twice a week. It (so far :-) was repaired by replacing the power cable from the power supply to the hard disk -- it seems that the cable was loose and periodic vibration would interrupt the drive's power and cause it to cycle on and off. When this happened, the drive would click, whirr, come back on, but after a pause the pointer would lock up and the whole system would freeze. Replacing the power cable seems to have fixed this (for the last three weeks anyway, so I will call my theory sound ;-). I wonder if your HD is having similar power problems. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe. -- Bill Murray ------ -- 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
