On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 at 11:28:50, wolfgang mühlegger wrote:
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Tony Firshman schrieb:
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Ah well - then I fall in with the general concensus - you have a dead
hard disk!
agree
Of course you should make and break every mechanical connection -
just
to ensure good
Tony Firshman schrieb:
If it is screwed to the HD metal, then it is a ground line, probably to
the case. Green/yellow is a sort of international standard - green
grass and yellow earth?
Is there a connector the other end?
yes, there is a connector on the other side(something like a plug?!?)
but i
Al Feng schrieb:
To verify the hard drive is truly dead, locate an older (functional) PC
with an MFM controller to test it.
good idea
but at the moment there is no such old hardware reachable
maybe next week, when i'm at work again ...
wolfgang
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In a message dated 23/08/2004 14:31:25 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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good idea
but at the moment there is no such old hardware reachable
maybe next week, when i'm at work again ...
wolfgang
I am posting my spare drive to you tonight, together with the MFM controller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 22/08/2004 20:52:53 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
thanks 2 all of you,
well ther's one thing i found out in the meantime:
i opened the case and i checked the leads and the controller - they're
plugged in ok
BUT
there is one single
I guess after this it can now do no harm to give it a tap at power up.
I once found an old HD I had responded to this and started up.
Some years ago (when I was working in Ferrari) one of our RISC 6000 workstation was
not used for some weeks. When it was switched on it didn't work and so we
Lafe schrieb:
the old saying is, ' Green is ground the world round!'. This predates
the green and yellow wires, but is still true. If there is green on it
it should bea ground wire that connects to chassis.
mmhmm
thats what i thought ...
wolfgang
Davide Santachiara schrieb:
Some years ago (when I was working in Ferrari) one of our RISC 6000 workstation
was not used for some weeks. When it was switched on it didn't work and so we called
the IBM h/w helpdesk. When the technician arrived the solution was to disassemble the
HD, quickly
wolfgang mühlegger schrieb:
Davide Santachiara schrieb:
Some years ago (when I was working in Ferrari) one of our RISC 6000
workstation was not used for some weeks. When it was switched on it
didn't work and so we called the IBM h/w helpdesk. When the technician
arrived the solution was to
hi
i got a ql together with a harddisk: ql harddisk - miracle systems
well, except for the hd everything is working very well:
it has to be plugged into the rom-port(yes, i see a rom message when
switching on)
when i turn on the hd, the cooler can be heard(it's very loud) but i do
not believe
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:47:54 +0200, wolfgang mhlegger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
hi
i got a ql together with a harddisk: ql harddisk - miracle systems
well, except for the hd everything is working very well:
it has to be plugged into the rom-port(yes, i see a rom message when
switching on)
when
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