Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:53:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crb@ChrisBowman.com> To: Damon Permezel <dap@damon.com> Cc: daleg@elemental.org, dburr@POBoxes.com, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com Subject: Re: Jazzm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128154949.259A-100000@quark.ChrisBowman.com> In-Reply-To: <199801271755.LAA06097@damon.com>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Damon Permezel wrote: >Is anyone else having reliability problems with Jazz? I had to sent >the first 3 back before I got one which would not eat the disk and >refuse to eject it. > >Each time you send the drive back, including the disc, you lose the disc, >donating its contents to whoever gets to liberate it. > >My current drive works ok, but now I am having some of my media start to die. > >When inserted, the drive makes horrible sounds for a while, then >subsides, but the media is unreadable. It rejects mode sense. >When I use the Adaptec 2940 low level formatter, it usually fails >with a media error. Once (different Adaptec adapter, different >firmware) it formatted all the way thru, and verified, but once I >moved it back, it died. > >This was "used once or twice" media. My other media still works, >so far.... I have dedicated 2940 adapters for externally connected >narrow devices, and I never connect more than one device at a time, >on a 3' cable, and yes, I understand the need for correct termination. > >My general impression, though, is that this is not anything I want to consider >for archive, or backup, or even casual use. > >Are others having similar experiences? How hot are the discs when they come out? I really liked my syjet until I filled up the other bays in my case. Then things didn't work so well, I would start to lose sectors. The drive runs pretty hot, but when I stacked other drives around it, it just couldn't handle it. I haven't as yet had a chance to add a fan to see if that will do enough to fix the problem, but if I only use the syjet for the first few minutes after I start up the machine, I don't have any problems and it indeed works really nicely. --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com <A HREF="http://www.ChrisBowman.com">My home page</A>
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