On Mar 24, 2010, at 02:23 , eckinator wrote:
Sounds like $$ sleeping peacefully...
Send in hte TB drive and remember to power up and work out the older
drives once in a while... there is such a thing as hard disk shelf
death, you know =)
Cheers
Ecke
I developed my own method of awakening drives that have shelf death.
Orient the enclosure so the drive platters are vertical to a desktop.
Raise the drive enclosure one to two inches above the desk.
Turn the drive on and count to one or two.
Let the drive fall onto the desktop. (or slam it gently into the
desktop if a second try is needed)
This method hasn't failed me in the 6 years I did consulting/repairs.
It did not work with my Images drive because it's not even trying to
spin up. You can hear a drive applying power to the platters if you
have your ear to the case. I will be removing the drive later this
week and seeing if swapping the controller card out with another fixes
it. I have it's twin still running fine for a parts swap. They are
both 3 years old next month, and run 24 hours a day. I'm pretty sure
they do not power down when the computer is off or asleep. All my
other drives do.
The Western Digital is probably out of warrranty by now. Last I spoke
with the MyBook support, they told me it was good for warranty, but
that was last spring. But I will try to reformat it and get rid of the
WD software (that still sits active in my system looking for a drive
to control).
Godfrey, I seem to remember that it would not start up unless it was
signaled by the software while you held the button in the back down.
Sounds like you got it to power up without it?
Joe
If it doesn’t excite you,
This thing that you see,
Why in the world,
Would it excite me?
—Jay Maisel
Joseph McAllister
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