Adam wrote: > I had put the drive in an external case, and connected it to > the Colour > Classic for setting up as a prelude to installing it internally. The > problem is, when I turn the hard disk on, instead of spinning up, it > makes a soft 'click,click, click' sound. I initially assumed that the > drive had fallen victim to stiction and was dead, but when I actually > turn the Colour Classic to which it's connected on, shortly after the > "Welcome to Macintosh" screen appears, the drive stops clicking and > spins up as normal. > > I haven't yet put a HFS partition on it (the drive was previously used > to house a Linux installation) so I can't be sure it will > mount, but it > does seem to work normally once it spins up. > > Can I trust this drive, or is it on its way out? On it's jumper block, > jumpers PK and TE are both unjumpered. (The SCSI ID jumpers are set to > ID 1)
Those fireballs are very reliable drives. I haven't had one go bad on me yet, even though I've had quite a few newer drives go bad. It makes one wander why the company was sold. Anyway, I have had a hard drive or two that made that clicking sound and work flawlessly for a few years: In all cases, though, they've made the sound from the very beginning. I've also had one or two that died after they started making the sound. I know that they have a self test at the beginning, and they don't spin up at the beginning all the time (I believe there is a jumper for setting this), so if its not making the noise after it spins up, I'd not be too worried at this point, especially since it's a fireball. If its going to fail, it should do it sooner rather than later, so use it for a month or two, and if its still working, I'd be even less concerned. These are just my thoughts... So take them for what they cost :-) --> Russ -- 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
