There is a chance that the heads do seem to stick and the drive does not spin up. You can try to under power, with the drive square to the floor, give it a fast twist of the wrist to see if it will fire up or I have on occasion with only the power cable connected and the system booted, tapped the drive down lightly and squarely on its bottom. Both of these on a very rare occasion do work, but if that's the case, the drive is still going bad and should be replaced.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron Kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:59 PM Subject: Re: Maxtor drive bites the dust > > #1 Call Maxtor and ask them for any suggestions first. > > #2 Make sure it is not under warranty. If it is ..... next . . . > > #3 The drive controller is probably dead. If it is under > > Would that cause this kind of symptom, though? I was more suspicious of a > mechanical failure because it makes some occasional soft sounds like the > drive is trying to spin up, but can't quite make it. I should think a dead > controller wouldn't even try to do that, but I would appreciate re-education > if my assumption is wrong :-) > > -- > ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- > Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Use [Microsoft] IE and Passport and you can browse like it's 1984. -- /. --- > > -- > 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 > > > -- 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
