John, this sounds like a lead to me! Good. Yes, I will reactivate the memory check. I assume you recommend this to give a bit more time for the HD in question to spin up. This is good detective work, whether right or not. I will know in the coming days as I start from cold...
David Elmo > From: John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: A second HD won't always mount first go... > > on 1/13/04 3:30 PM, PCI PowerMacs at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: David Elmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I have an approx 9G HD that supplements my startup 3G one on my 7600 (9.0.4, >> plenty RAM and G4 360 MHz upgrade) This 9G is partitioned into 1G and 7.5G. >> These two have started not to always mount. But always do on restart. I have >> put through varios diagnostics (like Norton, Disk First Aid). They seem to >> function fine when mounted. Wondering ... anyone had this prob and found a >> solution? Am I thinking this through? Could it be a pram battery getting >> low? No, how come it recovers ability to mount on restart? > > Sounds like a spin-up issue. If the drive doesn't spin up fast enough in the > start up then it will not mount. When you restart, its already spinning and > ready to mount. Check the power cable to the drive & see if its loose or the > contacts are dirty. > > Also did you disable the ram check on startup from the memory control panel? > If so re-enable it and see if the problem disappears. > > John -- 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
