From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 14 09:12:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA07108 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwnexus.wa.com (nwnexus.wa.com [192.135.191.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA07103 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:12:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.statsci.com by nwnexus.wa.com with SMTP id AA28282 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:12:26 -0700 Received: from statsci.com [206.63.206.4] with smtp by main.statsci.com with smtp (/\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.3 #3) id m0vCpaI-0003wcC; Mon, 14 Oct 96 09:09 PDT Message-Id: To: Michael Smith Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: your mail References: <199610140726.QAA14109@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Oct 1996 16:56:46 +0930." <199610140726.QAA14109@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Reply-To: scott@statsci.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Id: <24778.845309380.1@statsci.com> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:09:41 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith wrote: > Geez. Sounds like they're still building sticky drives. I don't like > Quantum for just that reason. Geez...now he tells me...:-)). > 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. I just tried that some, to no avail. > 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. I'm not sure how to really do that with the power and SCSI cables attached (I assume it's not safe to attach the internal SCSI connector after the drive is powered up and spinning?). > 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. Yup...that's exactly what I generally do (except that I sometimes shut the system off when we have thunder storms, just to apply a proper amount of paranoia to the process). Hmmm...bet a UPS would be a good insurance policy to avoid that. Ah well...off to give Quantum a call... Thanx, Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org