From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 14 02:41:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA17532 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 02:41:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.225.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA17517 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 02:41:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (RBI-Z-5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA18967; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:38:53 +0100 Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA16267; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:44:27 +0100 Message-Id: <199610140944.KAA16267@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:44:26 +0100 From: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies) To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: scott@statsci.com (Scott Blachowicz), freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199610140726.QAA14109@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Oct 14, 1996 16:56:46 +0930 References: <199610140726.QAA14109@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.46 Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith writes: > Scott Blachowicz stands accused of saying: > > > Well, my Quantum Empire 1400S finally decided to stop spinning > > up...I've noticed that it seems to take several hits of the reset > > button before it would spin up and after turning it off yesterday, > > it just won't spin up. Now, when I turn it on, I hear three little > > rumbles while it tries to spin. > > Geez. Sounds like they're still building sticky drives. I don't like > Quantum for just that reason. I'm having exactly this problem here with my Quantum Grand Prix 4GB drive. I tried the 'twist trick' several times already to no avail. The select led is lit at the beginning of the NCR BIOS probe for a couple of secs, then follow short flashes 2/sec and after a minute or so the NCR Bios writes Quantum XP. At least it detects the drive but it doesn't spin up. I will try again that that twist trick maybe running a Chubby Checker record in the background 'Let's twist again'.. ;-) > > Your best bet is to take the drive out of the chassis and unplug it > completely. Hold it level in the air in front of you from above (over > something soft in case you drop it), and twist it _sharply_ around the > spindle axis. (You are trying to make the platters inside turn a little > to unstick the heads). Then reattach the power connector and power up > and see if it spins. > > You may have to to the twist just after you apply power to get it > going. As soon as you get it spinning, back it up and start talking > about warranty. > > Note that turning your system off at the end of every day leads to > just this sort of problem. If you can leave it running 24/7 and > just power your monitor down (or use a 'green' screesaver mode) you > will find that things last a _lot_ longer. > > > Scott Blachowicz > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ > ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de