From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 16 10:12:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA10164 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:12:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from att.com (cagw1.att.com [192.128.52.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA09877 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:08:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sbabkin@dcn.att.com) From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Received: from caig1.fw.att.com by cagw1.att.com (AT&T/IPNS/UPAS-1.0) for freebsd.org!freebsd-hackers sender dcn.att.com!sbabkin (dcn.att.com!sbabkin); Mon Nov 16 11:36 EST 1998 Received: from dcn71.dcn.att.com ([135.44.192.112]) by caig1.fw.att.com (AT&T/IPNS/GW-1.0) with ESMTP id LAA21308 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:45:36 -0500 (EST) Received: by dcn71.dcn.att.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:54:56 -0500 Message-ID: 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) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:54:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message