--- Jim Pendarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2004, at 11:46 PM, Robert Dowgwillo wrote: > > > I recently transformed my 7200 into a 7500 with a MoBo transplant > and a > > MaxPower G3 daughter card. All worked well running OS 8.1. Since > then I > > added a 9GB Seagate Cheetah drive and installed OS 9.1 on it. The > drive > > needed a 68-to-50-pin adapter, which is where I set the SCSI ID = > 5. > > I'm > > keeping 8.1 on the "old" disk until I know everything works. > > > > Every now and then I go to do something and the system seems to > hang > > for > > about 10 seconds. Eventually I hear a flurry of head activity > from the > > new > > drive, and all is well again. > > > > Does anyone know what might be causing this? I don't have any > jumpers > > set > > on the adapter other than the SCSI ID. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob > > My 8600 would do this too. It always seemed to happen after a > period of > inactivity so I've thought it had something to do with sleep mode. > > Try setting the sleep mode so that your drives don't spin down. > That > option should be under "show details". > > jim The Seagate Cheetah series of HD's are know for overheating. The answer to solve this problem was to spin them down. If you're going to change the settings to prevent spindown, make sure you keep that HD cool!
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