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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:54:52 -0500
From:      sbabkin@dcn.att.com
To:        wouters@cistron.nl, cpl92@fx.ro, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: sever ide hdd crash (also re:Another instance of the crash I  was seeing)
Message-ID:  <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE018C1D98@dcn71.dcn.att.com>

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> From:	WHS [SMTP:wouters@cistron.nl]
> 
> I've had this same scenario happen (under linux) because the HDD cable
> got a little loose.. (by fan vibrations probably). Try pressing the
> cable firmly on the main board and on the HD and see if that helps.
> 
It may be also an oxidized connector. In this case disconnecting and
reconnecting the cable helps as it scratches off the oxide from the
connectors and restores the contact. By some reason this problem
shows off more often when the temperature in the room with the computer is
low
(say, around 10C).

On the other hand, stopping the motor and restarting not with
each power-on (getting worse over time) was quite typical for the early 
Quantum Empire drives.

-Sergey

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