It might have helped if you had let us know that you were having trouble with an
ATA drive. >>
Yeah, I know. I posted the details of my problem two months ago when the problem arose and didn't resolve it after trying all the basic stuff. I had many home remodel projects going and just shelved it until now and thought I'd try a different approach. I bought the drive new in box from an eBayer and questioned my ability to return it to Maxtor. However, I called them again this morning and the tech was way more receptive than the first guy two months ago. They ARE sending me a new replacement drive! No receipt needed, no more questions asked. I just pay to send their old drive back.
I will leave what is needed with ATA to someone who uses them. I prefer the
reliability of SCSI data transfer for my A/V work even if it costs more. ATA is
fast, but is well known to drop and corrupt data. >>
I think Mt. Everything or SCSI Probe actually did see that drive at one time but it's all kinda hazy now.
I second that opinion of SCSI reliability over ATA. My 8500's original Seagate has been solid through all kinds of tortuous system crashes, troubleshooting ordeals and forced restarts and reboots. This ATA didn't make it through it's first crash. (Of course the real cause is still unknown).
If memory serves, an IDE (ATA) PCI card is supposed to recognize the attached devices and translate them into something the CPU can recognize. Are you sure that your card is able to recognize the drive? Perhaps the card's support driver has corrupted?
This has been something I've suspected as the possible problem. So there IS a driver on the card! My fear is that this driver may be corrupted and that the new HD won't be recognized either. I'd like to be prepared for this possibility. Can this driver be re-installed easily? Is it a ROM flash procedure? Can someone explain how to do this to an Ultratek/66 that has been converted to a VST? I'm going to post this question and details to the list separately.
Is the card and its cables still well seated? >>
Yes, and tried in different PCI slots. The card is always recognized by ASP and other utilities.
Do you have another ATA device that you can use to verify the card's functionality?>>
Unfortunately, no.
Do you have access to an ATA machine to verify that the drive hasn't died?>>
No, but I have accessed my ATM machine on several occasions related to this computer. (sorry!) It's kind of moot now with Maxtor sending me a new drive but for future reference I still would really like to know if the drive just died. I have considered opening up my wife's iMac and disconnecting that ATA and putting this on it but never was up to following through. Why mess with her perfectly running computer?
Now that I'll be starting with a known good drive I'm going to shift all my attention to making sure the ATA card was not the problem.
Thanks,
Mike
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