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- From: gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 Hard Drive Problems...
- Date: 27 Feb 96 10:05:14 +0500
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- BSI> Tim Borgeaud (phtlb@zeus.bris.ac.uk) wrote:
- BSI>:
- BSI>: There is the possibility that the hard drive spins up too
- BSI>: slowly. This is a problem that has been discussed before. If
- BSI>: the drive takes too long to get up to speed then the computer
- BSI>: can not boot from it, this may be the problem.
- BSI>:
- BSI>: Tim.
-
- BSI> But that should only be a factor if the drive is cold booted,
- BSI> but if the computer is up and running and restarts without
- BSI> powering down, the drive shouldn't ever spin down...
- BSI>
- BSI> This problem is happening all the time.
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- BSI> Plus, the drive never appears, unless reformatted...
-
- BSI> Thanks for the suggestion though. :)
-
- BSI> ParaPsykotic (DSW)
- BSI> Tony Bossaller
- BSI> para@mo.net
- BSI> http://mo.net/para
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- First, cut the reset line to the drive, I *think* its the red wire,
- pin 1. Some drives spin down when reset, and can't get back up quick
- enough to show up. But dbl check the wire number from another source,
- I might be wrong! And you could have the cable upside down which
- would make the red wire #44 instead! The cable itself doesn't care.
-
- Second, I had similar problems, which were cured when I quit
- formatting it during the install, and used the quick format option
- instead. Its been bulletproof since.
-
- Third, *NEVER* do a *low level format* on an IDE drive. Most won't
- let you anyway since thats a factory operation.
-
- Cheers
-
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