From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Sep 18 15:45:03 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78AC1E19762 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:45:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markham@ssimicro.com) Received: from barracuda.ssimicro.com (barracuda.ssimicro.com [96.46.39.196]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.ssimicro.com", Issuer "RapidSSL SHA256 CA - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4496A6EC00 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:45:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markham@ssimicro.com) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1505748386-08e71720c57d1ac0001-jLrpzn Received: from mail.ssimicro.com (mail.ssimicro.com [64.247.129.10]) by barracuda.ssimicro.com with ESMTP id C8SLViMks7mA4BPt (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:26:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: markham@ssimicro.com X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: mail.ssimicro.com[64.247.129.10] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 64.247.129.10 Received: from markham.ssimicro.com (markham.ssimicro.com [64.247.130.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.ssimicro.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id v8IFQPeK007248 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:26:26 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from markham@ssimicro.com) Subject: Re: Disk not spinning up To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: Disk not spinning up References: <20170917214321.8fd2157b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170917225042.abab307c.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170917230229.378686f0@archlinux.localdomain> <20170917231344.54cf0fd4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170918092034.430ea08b@moonstudio> <1505720438.849.4.camel@alice-dsl.net> From: markham breitbach Message-ID: <7116d009-9e2f-b317-d278-4c479ef86bf6@ssimicro.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:26:25 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.12; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1505720438.849.4.camel@alice-dsl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-US X-Barracuda-Connect: mail.ssimicro.com[64.247.129.10] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1505748386 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 X-Barracuda-URL: https://barracuda.ssimicro.com:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 603 X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ssimicro.com X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using per-user scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.43071 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:45:03 -0000 The intermittent nature of this, and the "wiggling things makes it go sometimes", makes me think this might be a cracked solder joint on the controller. As a last ditch effort it might be worth trying to reflow the board in a house-hold oven (convection-style ovens are best because of the more even heat distribution).=A0 I have not tried this myself, although I do have a friend that was able to fix a video-card doing this. google is your friend here:=A0 https://goo.gl/K8ZGos. -M disclaimer:=A0 WARNING!=A0 May produce toxic fumes or burn down your hous= e!=A0 do this at your own risk! :)