interesting...
i'm still using that sort of drive for video applications,
i checked once the webpage for tech data, where it confirms a very high
power consumption plus the drives are not made for 24/7 continious use,
my drives are most of the time disconnected & run only for a few hours
when i have to process the videos on it
James
On 23/03/2005, at 8:00, Paul Kitchener wrote:
Wez wrote:
If it ever does work briefly start backing up onto anything cause the
drive is still in a very bad shape.
The original IBM, now Hitachi, Desk(Death)Star failed in our G3 some
time back.
Different symptoms though, no noises, just an inability to read or
write with the drive and running very slowly.
We were in a tiz. We hadnt backed up (of course).
We could "see" everything on the drive, we just couldnt move anything.
Then I tried Toast.
Blow me down, it was able to write disks!!
20+ CDs later we were most thankful I can tell you.
The drive did in fact go on to make horrible clicks a little later in
a spare PC.
If you ever wondered what folk mean when they talk about computing's
"Dark Side", need you look further than a "DeathStar"?
Cheers
Paul
SAD Technic
Bayswater WA 6053
+618 9370 5307, 0414 421 132
http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas
